Famine caused by bamboo flowering is an indirect phenomenon that happens in 30 to 40 years depending on the species of the bamboo. Senior Congress legislator and NEHU Head of Department of Botany Dr RC Laloo told The Sentinel that bamboo flowering does not directly lead to famine but it occurs after rats have shortage of food. He said when rats feed on the high-protein seeds of bamboo, flowers start to reproduce while their population doubles leading to shortage of seeds. Therefore, the rats are left with no option but to attack the paddy fields, Dr Laloo said.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/famine-indirect-phenomenon-bamboo-flowering-says-laloo
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sentinel-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/famine
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rodents
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-garo-hills
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-khasi-hills
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-menace
