Two questions

On food shortage, I humbly submit two questions--
In 1993, a remarkable limestone inscribed piece, bearing six lines of Asokan Brahmi script (3rd century B.C.) which records the occurrence of a famine in Bengal and measures taken by the Mahamatra of Pundra Nagar to meet it, was found. It is an Imperial Order to the Mahamatra of Pundra Nagar (Pudangal in the inscription) to distribute food grain and money from government storehouse to the famine affected people of the area and replenish the government store both in cash and coins (Gandakas and Kakanikas) at the time of comparative prosperity of the people. Deep sympathy expressed in the Brahmi records by the issuing authority for the welfare of its subjects strongly suggests that the order was issued by none other than the Saint King Asoka himself whose concern for his subjects, we know, was striking. The question is can we not set such an example for the future generation right now?
It is also interesting to note the following lines written by John Shore on the horrors of 1770, which was the result of a famine 13 years after the annexation of Bengal by the British East India Company
“Still fresh in memories' eye the scene I view,
The shrivelled limbs, sunken eyes and lifeless lives,
Still hear the mothers' shrieks and infants' moans,
Cries of despair and agonizing moan, In wild confusion, dead and dying lives…”
The question is should we not take all measures to prevent not the actual occurrence but rather the fear of it?