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I'd be curious what our modern food storage : population ratio is. I expect a lot lower than when yearly famines were a frequent occurrence.
by ethbr0 5y ago
I'd be curious what our modern food storage : population ratio is.
I expect a lot lower than when yearly famines were a frequent occurrence.
- loopz 5y agoThe emergency storages have been mostly shut down everywhere due to unprofitability.
- AngryData 5y agoNot great, that is for sure. Mostly because we overproduce via subsidization to prevent the shortages that necessitate large graneries. But of course we subsidize against the relatively small shortages we expect like poor rain or crop damages, we don't spend enough for it to make up for sudden 20% drop in yield across the entire farming sector.