Every fifth or sixth year is a drought, followed by near famine conditions.

But this is necessary, Meles noted, to prevent famine conditions and ensure security.

Between 457/1065 and 464/1072, famine degraded conditions in Egypt from bad to worse.

More people may have gathered wild plants during famine conditions.

Five other regions of the country are already suffering famine conditions.

But what could have prevented the famine conditions in Somalia?

For poor people coming from famine conditions, economics was often an important incentive.

The poor harvest of 1682-83 brought with it famine conditions which weakened the exhausted population even further.

This contributed heavily to the ongoing famine conditions in Cambodia.

Following the invasion there were severe famine conditions in the country.