impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
Examples (5 in total)
ききんのために、家畜が餓死した。
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
火山の噴火に続いてききんが訪れた。
Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
収穫がもっと悪くなれば、ききんが起こるかも知れない。
If the harvest gets any worse, there could be a famine.