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Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea... by jacobolus on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:04AM (#30875060)
You are expecting everyone in a country that usually consumes ~5–10x more wheat than rice or potatoes to flip their whole food culture overnight? Do you have any historical examples of that happening? How did it work out?

Where are they going to ship the tens of millions of extra tons of rice/potatoes from that won’t be just as big a logistical change?

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Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea... by thehappypm on Saturday April 02, 2022 @04:29PM (#30891405)
The best example is the Irish potato famine. Happening in the mid 1800s. You’d hope today’s more robust diets and supply chains would improve things
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