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A Famine Zone in Africa

The Sudan

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ID4486400
AuthorsG T Renner (corresponding author)
Year1926
Volume16
Issue4
Pages583
Publication date1926-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/208386
OpenAlexW2069514187
LanguageEN
Citations received7

T'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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Unique citing works7
Citations per year0,1
Citation span1958 - 2015 (58)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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