This has been happening since at least the potato genocide in Ireland.
It’s how capitalism works. Steal land, convert to cash crops, watch locals die, $$$…
Comment on Japan auctions emergency rice reserves as prices soar
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240823/…/024000c
From just last year, this article says it’s not tourism, climate change, etc., but a domestic policy of limiting rice production to keep prices from crashing. It says if all of Japan’s usable land was used, Japan would produce more rice than India and export a bunch.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Which would crush domestic prices and put most small domestic rice farmers out of business, accelerating rural abandonment.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Under capitalism feeding people is literally bankruptcy.