Famine is an extreme scarcity of food. Famine can be found throughout the entire world but it is heavily concentrated in third-world countries. Some countries that suffer from famine include Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Sudan. Their are several hunger relief organizations that can be found through out the world, all with the goal of ending famine and giving more humans the chance to live. Death due to famine is heavily concentrated on the elderly and children, and is occurs more frequently in the male gender than the female. Along with higher mortality among males, famine is able to lower fertility thus affecting a regions population.
"The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation." - John F. Kennedy