China’s agricultural policies during the Great Leap Forward led to

During the Great Leap Forward, forced collectivization and unrealistic production targets disrupted farming and reduced food output. The government continued to requisition grain even as harvests failed, leaving many people without enough to eat. These crop failures contributed to a devastating famine that killed millions, so the correct choice is “crop failures, causing famine that killed millions of people.”

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