Draws on a wide range of international sources, including journals, newspapers, magazines, speeches, and position papers to explore a wide range of topics related to famine, including the many political, economic, environmental, and social causes of famine, the efforts of various countries to end world hunger, and the impact famine has on a country's people.

The global food crisis : an overview / Josette Sheeran -- An Australian perspective on the global food crisis / David Nason -- The developed world may experience food shortages / Richard North -- A Jamaican perspective on the global food crisis / Keeble McFarlane -- Canadians believe the global food crisis will worsen / Nicholas Hirst -- China and India are causing the global food crisis / Rüdiger Falksohn, et al. ; translated from the German by Christopher Sultan -- A New Zealand perspective on the global food crisis / Barry Coates -- Africa experiences famine due to drought / Peter Mwaura -- In the Horn of Africa, drought conflict and famine are linked / Meedan Mekonnen -- Southern Africa faces famine caused by floods / Kitsepile Nyathi -- Famine in Malawi is worsened by HIV/AIDS / SouthScan -- Tropical and subtropical countries will experience famine due to climate change / Sarah DeWeerdt -- China and India will face massive food shortages from glacier melt.