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4amWnSbhabpSrcSnbmorSbhSarSahadSSxbrSmSlackfoodobhSrehSrSabardabWondSabhdSabWbubWonarSSdWdSnbii4amWnSrarSdSrgcWrcumabancSfamWnSdSclarSdonlgiiiAblSaabdagbhSbeoSoubhehSrSfamWnSeaadSclarSd4Sbruarg2017ehW. Setting the stage for disaster. Introduction. The famine killed 1 million people and forced another 1 million to leave. . Most of the land in Ireland was owned by British landlords who rented it to Irish farmers for large amounts of money.. An Górta Mór. T. he Great Famine. : Some key dates . 1845. 9 September:. Potato blight first reported in Ireland . 9-10 November:. British Prime Minister Peel authorises importation of Indian corn. By Leah, Caitlin and Charlie. Emigration. Many people felt there was no future and very little hope in Ireland.. Those with a small amount of savings went to Britain.. About 1.5 million went to the United States of America.. By . Caoimhe. Leonard.. . The Great Famine Of 1845.  .  . Blight . i. n . t. he . p. otatoes was the cause of the famine. . Background to the Great Famine. The potato was the principal source of nutrition for . in Africa. BBC News 31. st. January 2006. More than half of Africa is now in need of urgent food assistance.. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that 27 sub-Saharan countries now need help.. By Robert W. Carleton. Population before the famine. In 1800, some five million people lived in Ireland. By the Autumn of 1845, when the great famine struck Ireland, there were more than eight million.. Famine. A famine is a wide-spread and severe shortage of food affecting large numbers of people. . Natural causes include droughts, floods, earthquakes, insect plagues, and plant disease.. Famine, continued. An Górta Mór. T. he Great Famine. : Some key dates . 1845. 9 September:. Potato blight first reported in Ireland . 9-10 November:. British Prime Minister Peel authorises importation of Indian corn. BY ESTELA BABARSKAITE P7. THE POATAO FAMINE. .. The . potato . famine.  of 1846 to 1852 hit Ireland and Scotland. Many poor people grew potatoes for food. Potatoes grew on poor soil, even in wet and cold conditions. Bridget . O’Donnel. and her children . (. from Illustrated . London . News . 1847). Cormac . O’Gráda. , . Famine: A Short History. (2009). The Russian famine. of 1921. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/digital/sara/oddments/russianfamine. .. Charlie Walsh. Aisling O'Reilly. Sophia Hickey. Mia Flood. Hannah-Jane Downey.. What is a Famine?. A Famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several factors including war, population imbalances and crop failure which caused Ireland's Famine in 1845. The potato blight was caused by a fungus called . 1845-1851. Could the British Government have stopped this famine?. Taken from the article ‘The . Great Irish Potato . Famine’.  by James Donnelly. Exhausted and hungry Irish lad scratching the earth looking for potatoes or anything edible. in Ukraine 1932-1933. Prepared by Maria . Kiciuk. , PhD.. and . Oksana. . Kulynych. , Chair. U.S. . Holodomor. Education Committee. Objectives:. To examine Stalin’s reasons for the . Holodomor. and his policies leading to it.. Stephen Devereux Lewis Sida and Tina NelisAugust 2017t21br261630r2216r26251829r222616267256292630222925The Humanitarian Learning Centre HLC is a joint initiative of the Institute of Development Studie