自1947年独立以后的约20年间,印度一直大量地依赖外国(特别是美国)的粮食援助来养活自己濒于饥饿、日益增长的人口。但效果并不大,饥荒的魔影仍经久不散。由于种种原因,六十年代中期这类外援逐渐枯竭,印度本国的粮食生产在这个时期又极不景气,终于引起比哈尔邦的严重饥荒。 For about 20 years after independence in 1947, India has relied heavily on food aid from foreign countries, especially the United States, to feed its own growing and hungry population. But the effect is not large, the shadow of famine is still enduring. Due to various reasons, this type of foreign aid gradually dried up in the mid-1960s. India’s domestic food production was also very sluggish at this period and finally caused a serious famine in Bihar.