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The drought brought about a food shortage.
Literal
Drought [topic-は] food-shortage [object-を] invited.
A news-style report. 旱魃 (かんばつ) 'drought' is a formal/literary compound — the kanji are challenging. 招く ('to invite') is used here metaphorically for 'to bring about, cause, trigger' — a very common extended use, parallel to English 'invite (disaster, criticism)'. 食糧 (しょくりょう) is 'foodstuffs, provisions' — more general/formal than 食料.