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*A small shortage will make a planet's population stop growing. | *A small shortage will make a planet's population stop growing. | ||
*A severe shortage will cause a population decline. | *A severe shortage will cause a population decline. | ||
*Natives are the most vulnerable to starvation, and start dying if their planet has even a slight shortage. Since you can't make Natives and Natives are | *Natives are the most vulnerable to starvation, and start dying if their planet has even a slight shortage. Since you can't make Natives and Natives are about twice as good at farming as the best farming race you can design, this is a severe loss. | ||
For non-Lithovores, improving farmers' productivity is one of the most important early-game objectives, as it helps you to grow your population and / or move a few people from farming to research. Inefficient farming can indirectly lose you a game, because (except for extreme blitzers) you need to increase your research fast in order to win. | For non-Lithovores, improving farmers' productivity is one of the most important early-game objectives, as it helps you to grow your population and / or move a few people from farming to research. Inefficient farming can indirectly lose you a game, because (except for extreme blitzers) you need to increase your research fast in order to win. | ||
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Natives (if you have any) are the first to die of starvation - a serious permanent loss, since they are far better farmers than any race you can design. | Natives (if you have any) are the first to die of starvation - a serious permanent loss, since they are far better farmers than any race you can design. | ||
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*If you scroll to the bottom you see colonies that are producing little food and no food. If some of these can produce more food, you may want to increase their farming in order to free Freighters for other tasks or to reduce the cost of using Freighters. | *If you scroll to the bottom you see colonies that are producing little food and no food. If some of these can produce more food, you may want to increase their farming in order to free Freighters for other tasks or to reduce the cost of using Freighters. | ||
*If you scroll to the top you see your largest and ususally most efficient food producers. These are the colonies you will most often use to help feed other colonies. And, if you have a large food surplus, these are probably the ones where you can move farmers to other jobs. | *If you scroll to the top you see your largest and ususally most efficient food producers. These are the colonies you will most often use to help feed other colonies. And, if you have a large food surplus, these are probably the ones where you can move farmers to other jobs. | ||
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