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Now let's just wait for the African food crisis caused by Putin's naval blockade and the Russian army PGMs falling on grain storage. It will be an interesting y

Now let's just wait for the African food crisis caused by Putin's naval blockade and the Russian army PGMs falling on grain storage. It will be an interesting year.

astrange 4y ago
Sri Lanka is already having a food crisis, basically because they elected a government of hippies who decided to convert the country to organic farming by banning fertilizer use, so all their crops failed.
- tomjen3 4y ago
  They did that, but others have pointed out that it wasn't so much to be green as it was to be curb imports. I actually think the strategy could have worked much better, but it would have had to be phased in over a long time and not in the middle of the planting season.
- robocat 4y ago
  Before banning fertilizers, they were already importing 7% of their rice needs. https://srilankabrief.org/what-sri-lanka-needs-is-not-banning-chemical-fertilisers-but-a-second-green-revolution-w-a-wijewardena/ https://srilankabrief.org/what-sri-lanka-needs-is-not-bannin...
jdasdf 4y ago
Putin is happy to sell grain (even ukrainian grain) to african countries. You don't get to simultaneously claim it's putin causing the lack of grain, while complaining about him selling grain.
- tgv 4y ago
  That would seem reasonable if he hasn’t invaded a country that happens to one of the largest grain exporters, and thus increased the price to a level that’s to high for poor countries.
- H8crilA 4y ago
  I mean yes, tiny bits from the occupied territories which lost probably over 80% of their economic output (people are boiling water from puddles in Mariupol, do you think they will have a good harvest around there). In other areas they do use various types of PGMs to target foodstuff storage, as well as blockading the port in Odessa. Sorry, but this is an attempt to cause another wave of people sinking on their way from Africa somewhere in the Mediterranean on crappy boats. That will surely make western EU governments feel the pressure.

Now let's just wait for the African food crisis caused by Putin's naval blockade and the Russian army PGMs falling on grain storage. It will be an interesting year.

astrange 4y ago

Sri Lanka is already having a food crisis, basically because they elected a government of hippies who decided to convert the country to organic farming by banning fertilizer use, so all their crops failed.

tomjen3 4y ago
They did that, but others have pointed out that it wasn't so much to be green as it was to be curb imports. I actually think the strategy could have worked much better, but it would have had to be phased in over a long time and not in the middle of the planting season.
robocat 4y ago
Before banning fertilizers, they were already importing 7% of their rice needs. https://srilankabrief.org/what-sri-lanka-needs-is-not-banning-chemical-fertilisers-but-a-second-green-revolution-w-a-wijewardena/ https://srilankabrief.org/what-sri-lanka-needs-is-not-bannin...

jdasdf 4y ago

Putin is happy to sell grain (even ukrainian grain) to african countries. You don't get to simultaneously claim it's putin causing the lack of grain, while complaining about him selling grain.

tgv 4y ago
That would seem reasonable if he hasn’t invaded a country that happens to one of the largest grain exporters, and thus increased the price to a level that’s to high for poor countries.
H8crilA 4y ago
I mean yes, tiny bits from the occupied territories which lost probably over 80% of their economic output (people are boiling water from puddles in Mariupol, do you think they will have a good harvest around there). In other areas they do use various types of PGMs to target foodstuff storage, as well as blockading the port in Odessa. Sorry, but this is an attempt to cause another wave of people sinking on their way from Africa somewhere in the Mediterranean on crappy boats. That will surely make western EU governments feel the pressure.