Ukraine War's "Global Food Crisis" (Update)

 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing a global food crisis (aol.com)

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Ukraine war threatens food supply in the Arab world and Africa. 

From Lebanon, Iraq and Syria to Sudan and Yemen, millions of people in the Middle East whose lives were already upended by conflict, displacement and poverty are now wondering where their next meals will come from.

Ukraine and Russia account for a third of global wheat and barley exports, which countries in the Middle East rely on to feed millions of people who subsist on subsidized bread and bargain noodles. They are also top exporters of other grains and the sunflower seed oil that is used for cooking.

Even before the war in Ukraine, people in countries across the Middle East and North Africa were not getting enough food to eat. Now with trade disruptions spurred by the conflict, more commodities are becoming either unaffordable or unavailable.

“Put simply, people cannot afford food of the quality or quantity that they need, with those in conflict- and crisis-affected countries ... at greatest risk,” said Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa Director at Human Rights Watch.

[PADA: Already the price of food in some areas has gone up 20% since the war started. And the price of petrol / gas has gone up, in some cases it has doubled, making shipping and transporting the food more expensive. Even many folks in the USA are having a hard time with inflated food and fuel costs. 

And there was already a fertilizer shortage, and that is going to be more acute. Overall, it looks like Krishna is cramping down on the citizens of Kali Yuga for a variety of reasons. Srila Prabhupada says that the sinful people will be punished with starvation, and that looks like it is on the horizon.

Meanwhile, some the people who were at a meeting trying to negotiate a Ukraine peace agreement were allegedly poisoned. Wow, all sorts of Russia critics end up being poisoned. Yep, I believe our GBC guys took a cue from these types of people and -- poisoned Srila Prabhupada -- so they could take over. In any case, poisoned negotiators does not bode well for negotiations. And the poisoning of Srila Prabhupada did not not mark good fortune for ISKCON either. ys pd]   

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators were targeted in a suspected poison attack, WSJ reports (yahoo.com)