I morti non eroici per fame Fermate questa guerra. Subito. Fatelo per i bimbi ucraini, certo, ma anche per quelli del Sudan. Che muoiono come le mosche. E per quelli di quasi tutta l’Africa e di mezza Asia, perché le armi uccidono, in modo subdolo, anche a grande distanza. Cominciando sempre dai più deboli, dagli indifesi, dai dimenticati dal Signore.
Ukraine and Russia boast some of the most fertile land on Earth. Both are major agricultural producers, particularly of wheat, maize, barley and sunflower oil. Together, they grow about 15% of the world’s wheat, but account for about 30% of global wheat exports; Ukraine alone supplies about 50% of the global market for sunflower oil. In addition, Russia, Ukraine and
It has been 41 days since the Russians launched their invasion of Ukraine, and agriculture executive Alex Lissitsa sighs deeply into the camera of his smartphone. He says that even he doesn’t really know what is left of his company. He is planning on heading out to the fields the next day to take a look, but he has
Agriculture experts and the United Nations are sounding alarms over the potential for a global food shortage and skyrocketing food prices caused by the chaotic fertilizer market worsened by the war in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that followed have significantly increased the price of natural gas — a key ingredient in fertilizer used for farming —
It’s clear that the several-sided conditions of crisis that we are living through will be the driving force for further waves of struggle, writes John Clarke With the return of rates of inflation that we have not seen for decades, we have been told that the problem won’t last. The message in much of the media has been that
Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much. Despite thousands of miles separating her from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kariuki and her cabbage, corn and spinach farm are
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major food exporting regions. The war threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on wheat and other exports from Russia and Ukraine. Particularly affected is the Middle East and North Africa region. These Arab countries consume
Global turmoil and supply shocks can increase a country’s vulnerability to food shortages. In the past, countries have often resorted to restrictive trade policies to address food supply disruptions. The Ukraine-Russia crisis is no exception; a number of countries have imposed export restrictions in various forms. With food prices already high due to COVID-related supply chain disruptions and drought-reduced yields last year,