Do nations that have a surplus of food use it to make other nations do what they wanty them to do?

Answer 1

It's been used both ways- after both World Wars, American Food Aid(Google 'Herbert Hoover' and 'Marshall Plan')saved many European lives since their agricultural infrastructure was wiped out- no machinery, the nitrates that should have been used for fertilizer went into making munitions, too many of the able young men who could work the farms were either in uniform or dead.....

The Soviet Union, on the other hand, used it to subdue the Ukraine- they confiscated all the crops, and millions starved under Stalin(Google 'Ukraine' and 'Famine.'

In the 1840's, the British used the Potato Famine to throw Irish Catholic peasants off their lands(they couldn't pay the rent to the Brit landlords, so they got a one-way ticket to America or Australia.)Google "potato famine"

Answer 2

Usually it's more of what a nation can't do - such as striving for nuclear power. If a nation does something that they know is unfavorable to the food provider, then they may face sanctions and lose that support.

Answer 3

No unless it is cake or pies

Answer 4

Wow! You are one sick fella.