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How does the Ukraine invasion lead to a world food crisis? - YouTube
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the consequences of the russian invasion
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in ukraine could be as disastrous as
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that of world war ii
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according to the u.n world food program
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why and how after the russian invasion
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sent shock waves in the energy markets
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it is now threatening the food security
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of the world
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russia and ukraine are one of the
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largest producers and exporters of grain
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in the world 30 wheat 17 percent corn
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and over half of the sunflower seed oil
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because of the invasion a large
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stockpile of grain and fertilizers is
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stuck in these countries which has sent
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food prices soaring prices of wheat have
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increased by about 70 percent while
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fertilizer has increased by over 40
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percent
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this crisis is also exacerbated by
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lateral factors like an ongoing pandemic
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and the recent spate of droughts floods
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and forest fires across the world
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while ukrainian farmers are missing
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critical planting and harvesting seasons
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farmers across the world are cutting
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back on fertilizers which is threatening
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the quantity and quality of their yield
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moreover more than 30 percent of
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ukrainian farmland could become a war
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zone and as millions flee the country
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the population working in the field has
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reduced further while the pandemic has
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already pushed millions across the world
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to the edge of starvation the war might
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push them over it countries like turkey
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egypt bangladesh and iran have been
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importing over 60 percent of their wheat
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from these two countries during a crunch
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countries like armenia mongolia and
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kazakhstan are going to be left in the
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lurch but
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all these countries are going to be
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competing against china the world's
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largest consumer and producer of wheat
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china is buying more of the world's
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wheat crop because of its recent spate
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of floods which has dwindled supplies
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while countries like india are seeing an
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increased demand in wheat exports brazil
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the world's largest producer of soybean
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imports about half of its fertilizer
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from russia and belarus this time
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brazil's soya bean crop is expected to
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be significantly smaller
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since soya bean is also used to feed
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livestock in countries like china prices
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of meat will also shoot up
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rising food prices have always led to
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not just economic collapse but also
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political upheavals like in morocco and
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sudan which are currently undergoing
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violent protests because of inflation in
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afghanistan the humanitarian crisis
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since the taliban takeover has been
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worsened by the ukraine invasion as the
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country struggles to feed more than 20
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million people half of its population
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in the middle east bread makes up about
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half of the average person's diet rising
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costs of bread has led to political
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turmoil in the past as well in 2011
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during the arab spring one of the
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slogans was bread freedom and social
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justice last year
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food inflation had reached the same
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levels as they had during the arab
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spring the ukraine invasion has just
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added fuel to the fire
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the food and agriculture organization
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says that while larger countries like
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india u.s and australia could make up
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for the shortfalls in the long run the
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2022-23 harvest will be severely
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affected
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according to the un's world food program
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the number of people on the brink of
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famine had jumped from 27 to 44 million
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in 2019 with supply chains disrupted
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across the world the effects of this war
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during the time of globalization
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has been laid threadbare
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