Answer by Nosajimiki for Why would a near future society struggle to grow...
Indoor FarmsOther answers have focused on how to make a food shortage, but the OP seems more interested in how to make the food supply unstable with some years/areas producing good yields while others...
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Answer by Daron for Why would a near future society struggle to grow crops on...
Germ WarfareIn the late stages of the war, both sides used airborne pathogens to attack each others' crops.As you say in a comment, "What happened during the war is in the air".The germ warfare was...
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Answer by John for Why would a near future society struggle to grow crops on...
Topsoil lossAfter you ruin the ground, topsoil does not just come back. topsoil can take hundreds or thousands or millions of years to recover naturally.Meters of topsoil loss can happen in a few years...
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Answer by Willk for Why would a near future society struggle to grow crops on...
No workers.https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/10/it-s-just-not-happening-crops-go-to-waste-as-uk-farmers-struggle-to-find-workersThere are limited crops in your world because people don't want to work in...
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DesertificationA biologically ruined planet is going to be lacking in vegetation, of course. This leads to some issues similar to what the central USA experienced during the Dust Bowl, and that African...
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Short answer: A man-made volcanic winter seems most plausible to me.Thanks to biological and chemical warfare, I see two main possibilities:Heavy metals could cause severe problems for food production....
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I have a world where its mostly in ruins. But its run practically by corporations and smaller factions. A large part of the world is recovering from ecological collapse, massive pollution that travels...
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