'prevent famine' is correct and properly used in written English.
The phrase can be used to describe an action that one wishes to take or is taking to prevent a famine from occurring or continuing. For example: "The United Nations is working to prevent famine in the region by providing food aid to those in need."
It may have helped prevent famine.
So how do aid agencies prevent famine?
While we can't prevent drought, we can prevent famine.
Western donors prioritised their geopolitical agendas over the humanitarian imperative to prevent famine.
An early, large-scale, decisive mobilisation of aid to prevent famine was in the immediate interest of neither side.
Ultimately, despite having the early warning systems and resources needed to prevent famine, accountability for doing so remains minimal.
The short-lived proclamations, published by a mix of 13 big-city newspapers, financial publications and regional dailies, were a coordinated act of bravado on an issue that has bedeviled the Communist Party since Mao established the hukou system to prevent famine-stricken peasants from flooding the wealthier cities.
The monthly salary is small amount but that has been the only means preventing famine.
Alex de Waal, the author of Famine Crimes, a book which looked at how democracy prevents famine, says the mere fact of democracy is not enough.
Accurate prediction of crop yields in developing countries in advance of harvest time is central to preventing famine, improving food security, and sustainable development of agriculture.
Aid agencies argue that preventing famine is cheaper and more effective than intervening at the point when millions are starving – according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, it costs about £3.50 per person per year to plan for withstanding the shocks of a food crisis, compared to £150 for a few months' worth of disaster relief.
