The world food situation is currently worse than in 2007 and 2008, experts say.
There are about 10 weeks of wheat left in the world, Sarah Menker, CEO of analytical company Gro Intelligence, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, May 25th.
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According to him, the war between Russia and Ukraine, which together produce nearly a third of the world’s wheat, “only added fuel to a long -burning fire.”
“The crisis we discovered even before the coronavirus pandemic exposed the vulnerability of our supply chains. I say this so that you all understand that even after the conflict tomorrow, our food security problem will not go away anytime soon. soon without concerted action, ”he said. he that.
Rising prices for major crops have put another 400 million people worldwide at risk this year.
“While access to fertilizer is severely limited, the drought in wheat-growing regions is the strongest in 20 years,” Menker said.
In turn, World Food Program executive director David Beasley said “hunger is knocking at the door” of 49 million people in 43 countries, and hunger is accompanied by political destabilization.
“We are already seeing the riots and protests that are happening now in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Peru. And these events are just harbingers of what is to come,” he said.
According to the UN, nearly 1.7 billion people will be forced to suffer, want and starve as a result of Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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