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Re:The Russia-Ukraine War Turned Egypt's Food Crisis into an... by mrlonglong on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:12PM (#30608643)
That's quite a turnabout, they used to supply Rome with wheat two thousand years ago. Now they need to import what they need. Is there not enough land to grow crops?
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Re:The Russia-Ukraine War Turned Egypt's Food Crisis into an... by Reichhardt on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @07:17PM (#30609314)
Population during the Roman Empire: 7.5 million

Today: 106 million

Their fertility rate is 3.28. The country needs a one or no-child policy.

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Re:The Russia-Ukraine War Turned Egypt's Food Crisis into an... by nine_zeros on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:18PM (#30608710)
There are more consumers today than Roman slaves, ahem, minimalist farmers.
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