... or is corrupt which causes problems to the economy of the country. An example of where the government has not helped with the problem of food shortages is in Bangladesh. Although the initial cause of a food shortage there was because much of Bangladesh is low lying (some even below sea level) and makes up the deltas of the Ganges, Brahmaptra and Meghna. Also a seasonal problem which occurs is tropical cyclones which funnel up the Bay of Bengal, this causes the level of water to rise due to low pressure. All together this results in flooding of much land. In 1974 this was a problem which followed a poor harvest. This lead to the belief that the following years harvest would also be bad, this therefore caused a rise in the price of rice. The government could have prevented this by setting up some agricultural policies such as guaranteed prices, this ...

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