What caused the famine in the 1600s? New technologies failed to produce enough crops. A terrible disease caused the death of many crops. Climate change led to cold and dry weather that hurt crops. There was a long, hot summer, and many crops died of drought.

Explanation:

the famine was caused by several consecutice years of vad weather which directly damaged the crops and also favoured the insurgence of maladies such as the ruggine or wheat rust which later spread to France and to other parts of Europe.

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