Widespread famine has never been caused by natural factors - famines are always man-made. The root causes are always Gov’t policy (intended or not) or war. Drought, flood, or locusts are merely the trigger.
A nation that protects the rights of the person and his property will never starve.
Burundi’s problem is Government. They can abort all the babies or euthanize all the adults they want, but unless they recognize this fact, their people will still be as poor, or poorer. There will just be fewer of them.
I heard that Ethiopia, prior to the communist takeover (1973), was one of the world's leading exporters of grain.
Along comes the communist takeover that everyone in Hollyweird couldn't wait for . . . and voila! Worst yearly weather they ever had . . . please send food for our people (few of which ever got any).
Remember those "Hands across America" spectacles led by that libtard bozo in England, and "We are the World" crap from Michael Jackson, et al? Hardly any of the money ginned up by those phonies ever made it to the people.