Famine in 2022

Connect A to B to give C, baffles world leaders (From, Where there is no Doctor by David Verner) https://www.pdfdrive.com/where-there-is-no-doctor-e165950128.html http://159.69.48.3/ (John's books free download) Russia and Ukraine, produce 30% of the world’s wheat Ukraine, provides food for 400 million people Middle East and Africa Between 2018 and 2021 People in crisis situations, acute food insecurity up 88% Now over 139 million 161 million in 2022 Early February, Ukraine Exporting 4.5m tonnes of food per month 20 million tonnes of grain, currently stuck in Ukraine Black Sea ports 15% of global corn 67% of global sunflower oil UN food and agricultural price index https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/ All time high in March Cereal and meat price also record levels Last year, Chicago wheat, $674 bushel Now, $ 1,242 Global food prices 30% up on last year https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/sc14894.doc.htm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61503049 UN secretary general António Guterres When war is waged, people go hungry 60% of the undernourished people live in conflict areas 2021 800 million undernourished people 140 million people suffering acute hunger Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen Now 44 million people in 38 countries, at emergency levels of hunger shortages of grain and fertiliser caused by the war, warming temperatures, pandemic-driven supply problems threaten to, tip tens of millions of people over the edge into food insecurity Followed by, malnutrition, mass hunger and famine, in a crisis that could last for years The complex security, economic and financial implications require goodwill on all sides for a package deal to be reached Let’s be clear: there is no effective solution to the food crisis without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production Russia must permit the safe and secure export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports Russian food and fertilisers must have full and unrestricted access to world markets WFP head David Beasley, US secretary of state Antony Blinken The world is on fire. We have solutions. We need to act and we need to act now greatest global food security crisis of our time Energy prices, effects fertiliser, farm equipment António Guterres There is enough food for everyone in the world but the issue is about distribution In our world of plenty, I will never accept the death from hunger of a single child, woman or man Neither should the members of this Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices