Agricultural and Applied Economics—Without Apology
Here we go, it looks like we can now speak the dreaded f-word. Famine, that is:
“The UN is expected on Wednesday to declare that parts of southern Somalia are now in famine amid the worst drought to hit east Africa in 60 years.
“Abdio Ali Elmoi clutches her son, Mustapha, whose eyes are dimming. Her face is grooved with grief. She has already lost three children to gaajo, or hunger, a common word around here.
‘I walked all day and all night,’ she whispered, barely able to speak. ‘Where I come from, there is no food.’