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Adoption of Lysenko's agricultural methodologies
Trofim Lysenko's flawed agricultural methodologies are pushed on farmers by Mao Zedong -
Yellow River Flood
The Yellow River or (Huang Ho) Flooded and destroyed 100 million acres of farmland. -
Drought
Shaanxi and Hubei had a 35% decrease in crop production due to drought -
Drought
Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan experienced prolonged droughts and crop production fell by over 50% -
Typhoons
China’s southern and coastal provinces experienced 11 typhoons in a 12 month period