1. A poor harvest led to higher food prices. 2. A series of poor harvests plunged them into debt. 3. And the cycle of bad weather, poor harvests, high prices and malnutrition looked all set to repeat itself. 4. Poor harvests could cause food shortages in the winter. 5. Poor harvests led to famine. 6. The unfairness lay in the fact that these very poor harvests were mainly the result of natural causes. 7. Then there was a long drought which produced a very poor harvest. 8. Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests. 9. I blame the poor harvest on the weather. 10. However, in a very poor harvest year, right, prices rise very dramatically and as a result total income of the industry ri rises. |