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Political will, removing subsidies for farmers, logistics of actually shipping wheat, climate change, etc.
by blaser-waffle 5y ago
Political will, removing subsidies for farmers, logistics of actually shipping wheat, climate change, etc.
- mooreds 5y ago> Political will Of who? Don't the farmers who grew extra wheat want to sell it? Or are you talking about governments preventing wheat exports (I know that has happened in the past). > removing subsidies for farmers Not sure how that is germane. What do you mean? > logistics of actually shipping wheat That's a great point! Shipping from the Black Sea ports to Egypt/other ME nations is surely cheaper than sending wheat from India/Aus/USA to those areas. > climate change, etc. Sure, that's a threat to wheat (and food in general) everywhere and will be for decades. Do you see it as particularly acute/relevant to the current situation? I don't.
- drexlspivey 5y agoHow is climate change preventing Egypt to import wheat from India instead of Russia?
- KarlKemp 5y agoBy causing a previous rise in food prices in the region, which caused a hungry merchant to immolate himself, which caused widespread protests and, ultimately, unrest including the Syrian war, which allowed Putin to test his air force, creating the smug attitude that he could invade the Ukraine.
- throwaway6532 5y agoThe previous rise in food prices also being attributable to the Russian heatwave of 2010 being the link to climate change.