Not because there was not enough food — because there was actually a surplus of food in the fertile regions of the south parts of the country — but because in the north, people could not access or entitle themselves to that food.
No porque no hubiera suficiente comida, de hecho había comida excedente en las regiones fértiles del sur del país, sino porque en el norte, la gente no podía acceder a o otorgarse el derecho a esa comida.