Posted on 03/27/2022 7:25:01 PM PDT by dynachrome
“We’re billions short," he said. "Failure to provide this year a few extra billion dollars means you’re going to have famine, destabilization and mass migration.”
Beasley's intervention will sharpen minds as EU governments draw up plans to address the food crisis resulting from the war, with a proposal expected as early as Wednesday.
Russia and Ukraine are among the world’s biggest producers and exporters of grain. The disruption caused by the war has a direct impact on countries that rely on these supplies in the Middle East and Africa.
Half of Africa's wheat imports come from Ukraine and Russia, which is also a major fertilizer exporter. As for Ukraine, its exports have ground to a halt and its capacity to keep growing food this year is hanging by a thread. The crunch point will come in the fall, Beasley said, when the full impact of the war’s disruption is likely to be felt. “If you think we’ve got hell on earth now, you just get ready,” Beasley warned. "If we neglect northern Africa, northern Africa’s coming to Europe. If we neglect the Middle East, [the] Middle East is coming to Europe."
The economic conditions facing these parts of the world are now worse than they were in the run-up to the Arab Spring, he said. And it's not just the populations of Middle Eastern and North African countries who will feel the squeeze.
The WFP is already feeding millions of people further south in Sahel countries like Niger and Burkina Faso, where problems will worsen if global food prices stay sky high. “I’ve been warning our developed nations for several years now that the Sahel is going to collapse if we’re not careful,” he said.
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A “republican”? NOT!
‘A 65-year-old American, Beasley is a Republican former governor of South Carolina, who makes his points with a southern twang. He’s used to picking public battles with the rich and powerful when arguing his case.’
Why don’t we export soy beans? Why can’t we plant fallow fields?
“Hell” can be a two way street.
When there are shortages here there will be mass starvation elsewhere.
The UN lies just as much as the Chinese Communist Party
Maybe they shouldn’t have turned Rhodesia, the breadbasket of Africa, into Zimbabwe. Just a thought . . .
Isn’t globalism wonderful?
They are scaring people for no good reason. As to people migrating, countries should just send them back home with a bag of seed.
“Why can’t we plant fallow fields?”
Because that’s not what the government wants. It’s really that simple.
They need a war to blame for the food catastrophe they caused.
Could this be an intended result?
“Why can’t we plant fallow fields?”
The yields won’t be economically feasible without fertilizer in many areas. In many places it makes an enormous difference.
Book of Revelation by GOD
Any good sites that discuss preparing for this coming worldwide Bidenomics catastrophe? Any good predictions on the probable timing?
I hope it doesn’t affect the ice cream crop because of Joe . . .
I don’t want to sound cold hearted, but don’t most liberals believe in “Evolution”?
I agree with the natural selection part but not the random appearance of radically new life forms.
Having said that why are we not letting Natural selection work in Africa? That land is well able to support a very vibrant population, but it doesn’t? Why is that?
Why is it my responsibility to support a population that cannot control itself enough so that it can feed itself?
Just asking.
Let Natural selection take its course.
IIRC Liberals let a lot of Biafrians die because they didn’t
want to get involved. Why is today different?
Biden’s been rather excellent in communicating a future of sickness, death, and famine to the American people. Where do i sign up for more of this?
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