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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
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<u>Color, or colour,</u> is the characteristic of <u>visual perception</u> described through color categories, with names such as <u>red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple.</u> This perception of color derives from the stimulation of <u>photoreceptor cells by elect.</u>
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