A question is raised concerning how the promise in Genesis 8:22 ("While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease") can be reconciled with the occurrence of famine, especially Genesis 41:54 ("The famine was over all the face of the earth").

Just because there is a famine does not mean that people are unable to plant and harvest, which would have been the case during the flood. It just means that the yield from the crops is very low, and not enough to meet current demand. The terms here in fact refer to planting seasons, not activity or results.