Are we heading towards a major food crisis?
This is a collateral risk of the conflict in Ukraine which has already caused a spike in grain and energy prices.
The international community is worried.
The managing director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, has sounded the alarm on the “
very great vulnerability of Africa
”.
Meeting urgently on Friday, the G7 agriculture ministers warned against the temptations to restrict exports and speculative market behavior.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that food insecurity, already aggravated by the pandemic, could affect 13.1 million more people this year.
Thursday, Vladimir Putin threw oil on the fire, referring the responsibility to Western sanctions: "
If it continues like this, it will have serious consequences for the food sector as a whole"
.
It is indeed the war unleashed by Moscow that makes…
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