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food shortage  

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  • FOOD SHORTAGES ARE production shortfalls on a regional level. Hunger is produced when need is greater than food availability. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Food Shortages]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NNGF23MD-P

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