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[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They forced farmers to grow indigo crops instead of natural cotton/wheat/rice.

[–] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

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