Ka cika wannan jumla: An soma gargaɗin yunwa a watan Maris na shekara ta 1974 sa'ad da farashin shinkafa ya ƙaru sosai. A wannan watan "an fara yunwa mai yawa a gundumar Rangpur", yankin da zai zama ɗaya daga cikin uku da suka fi fama da cutar. Shekaru biyu da watanni uku ne kawai suka wuce tun lokacin da aka gama gasar.
Yaƙin don 'yancin Bangladesh (Disamba 1971) da kuma ƙirƙirar ƙasar. A hanyoyi da yawa, sabuwar jihar Bangladesh da lalacewar ababen more rayuwa da kasuwanni ba su da shiri sosai don magance halin da ake ciki. Cin hanci da rashawa tsakanin sababbin ma'aikatan da aka naɗa ya zama ruwan dare gama gari. A watan Afrilu, kodayake jami'an gwamnati sun sake nanata cewa rikicin zai kasance na ɗan lokaci, farashin shinkafa ya ci gaba da ƙaruwa sosai kuma rahotannin yunwa sun zama gama gari. Daga Afrilu zuwa Yuli, Bangladesh ta sha wahala daga ruwan sama mai yawa da jerin ambaliyar ruwa a gefen kogin Brahmaputra, tare da sanannun abubuwan da suka faru a watan Mayu, Yuli; an rage ikon shuka shinkafa don tsira da wannan ta hanyar girma da shinkafa HYV. Bugu da kari, makwabciyar Indiya ta ƙi yin aiki tare da gwamnatin Bangladesh. An lalata amfanin shinkafa kuma farashin ya tashi sosai. A watan Oktoba farashin shinkafa ya kai kololuwa kuma yanayin ya sauƙaƙe a watan Nuwamba 1974 yayin da taimakon kasashen waje da girbin hunturu suka iso. Yunwar ta ƙare a watan Disamba, kodayake mutuwar "fiye da kima" (misali ta hanyar cuta) ya ci gaba har zuwa shekara mai zuwa, kamar yadda lamarin yake tare da yawancin yunwa. Mutane da yawa sun sha wahala a yankunan karkara saboda yunwa. Gabaɗaya, tsananin yunwa na yanki ya danganta da haɗarin ambaliyar ruwa kuma babu shakka ambaliyar ruwa ta tsananta yunwa. Koyaya, kodayake gargaɗin yunwa ya fara da daɗewa kafin ambaliyar (kamar yadda aka nuna a sama), ambaliyar ruwa ce ake zargi da yunwa.