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Even in Europe we face big trouble as April was way too dry again and significant parts of the summer harvest may be lost already. These problems stack and we b

• orwin 6y ago
  Not really, yes we mjight lose some of animal feed crops but in France i know for a fact that even with closed borders we will be able to feed everyone and then some. At most we will reduce our exports. Not counting that we should cut animal protein intake by at least 50%. The only issue was with vegetable are we are employing cheap workers from poorest countries to pick them, but the government notice to allow people to work in the field if they want while still getting unemployment benefits will probably be enough.
  • kaybe 6y ago
    Not yet, and hopefully it will rain, but the East is extremely dry right now. Poland, parts of Germany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania etc. At least the wild fires around Chernobyl are not a problem any more, but the fire danger in the forests is still high. Here are some maps of Germany, for example. https://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=37937 https://www.ufz.de/index.php?de=37937 The deeper layer (first map) is still depleted from 2018. February was very wet, but that has been overcompensated for by the no-rain April. We haven't reached the 2018 level of dryness yet I think, but there has to be a lot of rain, soon. Yes, nobody will starve, and be it because we can buy from the world market, but if this keeps happening we will have to find better ways to deal with it. No export also means that there is potentially too little food somewhere else. But I agree, we do have some leeway with the animal protein production.