I would suggest a remedy for this would be to rework civil work. Make it like looting, but benefiting the region.
Under the civil work tab you have the following options:
Repair roads - speed up road repair
Repair fortification - non lords have the ability to repair some of the damage
Assist plowing - increase future harvests
Assist harvesting - increase current harvest, decrease next few harvests.
(An overall increase in food, but very minimal. The idea is that the food is ready to harvest, if it is harvested right away, less rots on the field)
Assist repairs - increase production
Irrigate - decreases effect of drought
General work - does a bit of everything
Any other ideas?
