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There are two different elements to the food problem.
1 That the South can not feed itself and has to relay on imports
2 That the humans world has maxed out its food production or at least would not be able to ramp up to meet the non-war population.
Element 1 would be a problem even if the North was rolling in food since the South seems to lack trade goods.That is what the crop rotation and potatoes is supposed to help with.
Element 2 is a larger problem that the corn will help with but not solve. However it has another purpose in giving the merchants another revenue stream separate from the war. However it will take a lot of capital to get the ball rolling and since most of their capital is tied up in the war this gives the merchants a reason to want to end it.
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