1. to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city.
2. to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often fol. by out, forth).
[1300–50; Middle English burjon, burion shoot, bud < Old French burjon < Vulgar Latin *burriōnem]
usage: The two senses of burgeon, “to bud” and “to grow or flourish,” date from the 14th century. Today the sense “to grow or flourish” is the more common. Occasionally, objections are raised to this use, perhaps because of its popularity in journalistic writing.
grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"
germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
"We are trying to promote risk management, early warning systems, and prevention (of food emergencies)," Dominique Bourgeon, director of FAO's emergency division, told Reuters.
In Somalia, where the FAO has requested $118 million, the largest requirement for a single country, people are "on the edge," according to Bourgeon. "If there is a small drought, resilience collapses and the situation becomes desperate," he said.