A radical approach
I know famine is a complex and on going issue
I know solutions are not easy
I know it needs a long term investment for solution
However . . . another view on ONE specific issue
Should some areas of the world simply be no go areas?
Places that are banned for inhabitation?
Places where years of drought/flood and devastation mean they should be abandoned?
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Where would you put all the people already living in what was once an ok place to live in but is having a bad spell? 
Surely no area is uninhabitable... if the money was spent to bring the necessities like water to them rather than what normally happens ie the aid goes to the armies/crims running the countries who then buy more guns to shoot the general population .. 
I think humans have naturally migrated out of areas where survival becomes difficult, or impossible, but there are still human populations on pretty much every part of the planet.
There are, of course, huge problems where vast populations end up moving to cities, where slum conditions then become the norm.
You can, or shouldn't, force people off their traditional areas.
I think ive lived in some of the areas you are describing, 
I truly dunno where they wud go
i don't have the answers - sorry
Could a slow - phased migration help? Where its a drift towards more habitable places?
Not one huge exodus?
I'm in agreement with making places more habitable, there are always pleas for water aid (received one today with my water bill) to help build more wells etc, and they live their lives as normal as they can be - its severe draught that causes problems. sorry if i sound heartless but there is so much waste of the worlds resources
before there were borders people migrated with the seasons in areas where there were extremes of weather. . tis not possible now there are borders..
there is the technology for bringing of water etc. .it's only the corrupt people with weapons that take all the money put aside for that sort of thing as well as grabbing all the aid sent, for themselves, before it can get distributed.. .. or try to control the water outlets or destroy or steal crops.. dunno what the solution is. . just know it's incredibly sad to see 
I hope they do manage to get a safe Aid corridor sorted so they can help them thru this hump without some bugger nicking all the supplies for his army.. 
it's only the corrupt people with weapons that take all the money put aside for that sort of thing as well as grabbing all the aid sent, for themselves, before it can get distributed.. ..
Or, in this case, actually refuse to allow Aid in, and claim that there is no famine!
I truly can't see a solution
Billions have been poured in - we still have thousands dying (sp?)
it's only the corrupt people with weapons that take all the money put aside for that sort of thing as well as grabbing all the aid sent, for themselves, before it can get distributed.. ..
That is the problem
And it's time it was addressed.
