How might a shortage of food affect population growth?

a food shortage could effect the population in many ways; first, when the citizens already living there notice the food shortage, they'll be the first to move away, which is one way the population will decrease. Then, people won't move to an area with a food shortage, which will lead the population to stay at the same rate, and won;t allow the population to grow, and lastly, the economy will suffer if their is a food shortage; especially food markets, and people will become aware that this area is short on food.

Explanation:

early settlements on the subcontinent. both the indus and the ganges rivers carried rich silt from the mountains to the plains. when the rivers flooded, the silt spread over the plains and made the soil in the river valleys fertile for farming.

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