Well, we could consult the dictionary...
fam·ine ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fmn) n. 1. A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage. 2. A drastic shortage; a dearth. (American Heritage Dictionary)
famine n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, shortage] 2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death. (Princeton Word Net)
...but the again, fakeit, you are the same creature who insisted that Hamilton did not really mean "protection" when he said "protection" in his Report on Manufactures...but only sometimes. Thus it is understandable that you have such difficulty with words.
Why don't you look up the word "shortage" and show me "famine" in the definition?
You actually believe these sophistic attempts work on anyone above 14?