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The economist Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize partially for his research on famines and the conclusion that most are social and political. He was a youn
by umachin 2y ago
The economist Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize partially for his research on famines and the conclusion that most are social and political. He was a young child during the Bengal famine (famously not due a food shortage) and witnessed it up close.
- emmelaich 2y agoOf course food shortage was a factor; > Rice yield per acre had been stagnant since the beginning of the twentieth century;[25] coupled with a rising population, this created pressures that were a leading factor in the famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 Add to that transport impact (floods, war), the drop in imports from Burma and other factors.
- _2d30 2y agoFWIW, your quote doesn't support a food shortage being a cause since it says nothing about the relative change of total planted acreage.