AQA GCSE Geography · 8035
Specification 3.2.3.2 · Paper 2
Revise: Global Patterns and Impacts of Food InsecurityA famine is an extreme food shortage affecting a population. Severe, prolonged hunger can lead to acute malnutrition and deaths from starvation. Food insecurity does not always reach this extreme: people may experience persistent inadequate diets without a famine occurring.