The consequences were catastrophic: a prolonged contraction in output, mass unemployment and widespread hunger.

There were too many people, nutrition was down and there was widespread hunger even in good years.

In the summer, detainees started a widespread hunger strike, protesting conditions at the camp and, especially, demanding fair trials or freedom.

Extensive losses of the country's food supply left tens of thousands of residents without sustenance, leading to fears of widespread hunger in the nation.

In the years 1843 to 1854, there was widespread hunger.