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The effects of drought, land grabbing, and government policies led to famine in Ethiopia. The subsistence farming industry could not meet the demands of the authoritarian government.

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This is due to luck of rain & bad adminstration of who govern Ethiopia.

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Q: What caused the famines of the 1980s in Ethiopia?
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