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There is a famine in Madagascar now, although not related to fertiliser. The system is fragile

• eru 4y ago
  That's entirely the fault of their inept and corrupt administration there.
  • ajross 4y ago
    Well, and also a big drought. Economies (and weather) are indeed unstable in general. But per the upthread hypothesis there's no particular instability in the food supply caused by fertilizer/energy/covid disruption that seems notable. We've been here before and we'll be here again.
  • ClumsyPilot 4y ago
    United Nations says it's "first climate change famine". Why are you blaming administration? I am not sure how corrupt they are, but how do you deal with drought in a country that has GDP per capital of $520? Like you can't afford to do much with that. https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1103712 https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1103712
    • eru 4y ago
      > I am not sure how corrupt they are, but how do you deal with drought in a country that has GDP per capital of $520? That's partially a function of the corruption and silly practices. Eg they are spending tax dollars (that they don't really have) to subsidies fuel.