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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Im pretty sure that was not during the drought itself, nor really caused it. It economically made sense and then probably exacerbated the famine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It wasn't just the drought. Indigo cropping destroyed the soil first, drought exacerbated the problems.