When early warning is not enough-Lessons learned from the 2011 Somalia Famine

Global Food Security

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-28

  Hillbruner, Chris ^a   Moloney, Grainne ^b  

^a FEWS NET   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Early warning; Famine; Food insecurity; Malnutrition; Mortality; Somalia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870233247     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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