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.
Non perché non ci fosse abbastanza cibo -in realtà c'era un surplus di cibo, nelle fertili regioni meridionali- ma perché a nord la gente non poteva accedere o rivendicare diritti su quel cibo.