famine relief

collocation in English

meaningsoffamineandrelief

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famine
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfæm.ɪn/us
/ˈfæm.ɪn/
a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when ...
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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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(Definition offamineandrelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A similar broad continuity is observable in his recommendations forfaminereliefmeasures.
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The mission role infaminereliefwas a major factor.
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The latter are often considered solely as subsistence orfaminerelieffoods, not as vegetables for urban centres.
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Mission societies had used it as a means for the construction of schools and dispensaries, as well as infaminereliefstrategies, in the nineteenth century.
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Faminereliefprovided in the financial year 1990–91 is expected to be paid for from that year's emergency aid budget.
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At least when one is dealing with disaster andfaminerelief, clear targets can be established.
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This authority has been given, and embassy vehicles are also being made available forfaminerelieftasks.
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A large outlay was consequently necessary forfaminerelief, which had the result that the revenue was seriously restricted and the volume of trade reduced.
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Naturally, everyone in recent months has been preoccupied withfaminerelief.
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There is no reason to believe that anything damaging would be caused towardsfaminereliefbecause of the way in which the money is paid.
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We are ready to continue provide assistance towardsfaminereliefwhere it is needed.
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Intervention stocks are being used forfaminerelief.
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Questions have been raised about the source of the resources that we have put intofaminerelief.
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As he knows, within the aid budget there is always a certain amount both for disaster andfaminereliefand for contingencies.
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Instead, in 1985 the world spent about $500 million on food forfaminerelief.
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Extensive inquiries earlier this year revealed that there was no need for a general emergency programme offaminerelief.
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The denaturing of wheat has nothing to do with the availability of supplies forfaminerelief.
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Priority in the use of food aid should be given to directfaminerelief.
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The question of refugees does not lend itself so well to publicity as does that offaminerelief.
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