what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout
- Written by Eoin McLaughlin, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University College Cork
Famines should be relegated to the history books, leading expert Cormac Ó Gráda argued in 2007, since “given good will on all sides, famine prevention should be ‘easy’”. Unfortunately, the current Russia-Ukraine war has revealed that good will is no longer on all sides. The UN is warning that the ongoing...







