Hidden Famine in Madagascar

Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
01 Nov 2003
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Food and nutrition, Urban
Countries
Madagascar
Organisations
Emergency Nutrition Network [x]

The political economy of an urban famine in Madagascar is the subject of a recently published article. The famine occurred in the capital city, Antananarivo, between 1985-86 but remained hidden for a long time, eventually uncovered by analysing the demographic data of registered deaths in the city.