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Overdependence on imports, specifically with no land routes to accommodate them. Tourism too large of a share in GDP didn’t help either. The government also ma
by kylehotchkiss 4y ago
Overdependence on imports, specifically with no land routes to accommodate them. Tourism too large of a share in GDP didn’t help either.
The government also made some bad snap judgements like stopping their heavy fertilizer subsidies one day which wrecked crop outputs.
- raxxorraxor 4y agoI think at that point they just didn't have any money left to import fertilizer. You can grow organic but not on soil that has been fertilized for years. The soil is completely dead and any water you pour into it will more or less vanish instantly. You probably need a decade or two to fertilize is naturally. Of course you also need a lot more land as you need crop rotations and the soil needs time to regenerate.