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UN: "Looming Health Catastrophe" A Result of Russian Blockade

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(The Guardian) UN warns of ‘looming hunger catastrophe’ due to Russian blockade
A looming hunger catastrophe is set to explode over the next two years, creating the risk of unprecedented global political pressure, the director of the UN World Food Programme has warned.

Calling for short- and long-term reforms – including an urgent lifting of the blockade on 25m tonnes of Ukrainian grain trapped by a Russian blockade – Patrick Beasley said the current food affordability crisis is likely to turn into an even more dangerous food availability crisis next year unless solutions are found.

The number of people classed as “acutely food insecure” by the UN before the Covid crisis was 130 million, but after Covid this number rose to 276 million.

Writing a preface to a new pamphlet from the Blair Institute on the looming hunger crisis, Beasley says: “This number has increased to 345 million due to the Ukraine crisis. And a staggering 50 million people in 45 countries are now just one step from famine.

“The international community must act to stop this looming hunger catastrophe in its tracks – or these numbers will explode.

“Global food markets have been plunged into turmoil, with soaring prices, export bans and shortages of basic foodstuffs spreading far from Ukraine’s borders. Nations across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and even Latin America are feeling the heat from this conflict.”
 
I hope people have long term food storage in there homes, this could affect everyone
Morgan Freeman Reaction GIF by MOODMAN
 

Just watched a video where many of the small farmers have shutdown and by September the meats reserves from last year that’s in stores will be depleted and a huge shortage will begin.

Remember governments did this with the shutdowns not thinking of the consequences.
 
Remember governments did this with the shutdowns not thinking of the consequences.
I don't think you can connect those two things, Serafin.

The Covid shutdowns were a reaction - a bad reaction, but justified given the circumstances at the time - to the pandemic; what Russia is doing here, on the other hand, is straight up thuggery.
 
I don't think you can connect those two things, Serafin.

The Covid shutdowns were a reaction - a bad reaction, but justified given the circumstances at the time - to the pandemic; what Russia is doing here, on the other hand, is straight up thuggery.

Absolutely you can connect our farmers shutting down and the shortages to what they did handling the virus.
It’s a chain reaction of our supply chain two years in the making that’s led us here. I mean you can’t shutdown a world economy hand out trillions in cash we don’t have and not expect a Detrimental outcome.
 
You're rich, you can afford it. :p
Rich😂😂😂 we’re just your average middle class with no kids to feed and cloth that would put us in some trailer park. Hell unless things change dramatically our plan to retire in 15 years is shot losing over 200,000 in our 401k.
 
Rich😂😂😂 we’re just your average middle class with no kids to feed and cloth that would put us in some trailer park. Hell unless things change dramatically our plan to retire in 15 years is shot losing over 200,000 in our 401k.
Do either of you have kids from previous relationships?
 
A little bit of relief....

 
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