A Famine Zone in Africa: The Sudan
1926; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/208386
ISSN1931-0846
Autores Tópico(s)Global Peace and Security Dynamics
ResumoT'r 'HE tropical grasslands are for the most part empty lands. Compare, for instance, the density of population in Rajputana Agency and Bengal. The well-watered delta lands of the Ganges support in places a population of over I000 people to the square mile. In the western part of the Agency there are only 38 to the square mile. The dry grasslands of Rajputana are occupied at great cost. Expect one lean year in three, one famine year in eight is a local saying. The famine of I900 reduced the population of western Rajputana by one-quarter. Famine is a disease of all agricultural countries says the Imperial Gazetteer of India. People depend upon the harvests and these upon a periodic but by no means regular rainfall. Where variations in rainfall are most critical there the cost of occupation is most serious.
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