I'd ofc give the female a bow tie, make the suit curve around her body, unlike a male, it just goes straight, the females suit should curve her features
The part of the text that relates to this does not show, but anyway the answer would be: They were not being successful in getting results from what they had planted, so it appeared like there was not way to avoid the population from going hungry/starving. Famine = starvation, going hungry Inevitable = unavoidable, impossible to prevent
