Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on global leaders’ accusations that Russia is using Ukraine’s food supply as a weapon: Fears of a global food crisis are swelling as a Russian blockade of Ukrainian seaports and attacks on its grain warehouses have choked off one of the world’s breadbaskets, deepening fears that President […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Economist, commentary on how war is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger Vladimir Putin will destroy the lives of people far from the battlefield—and on a scale even he may regret. The war is battering a global food system weakened by covid-19, climate change and an energy shock. Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped […]
Read more »Via Reuters, an article on India’s role in making up global grain shortfalls resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: India’s pledge to feed to the world still holds more than a grain of truth. After global wheat supplies were disrupted by the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was ready to step […]
Read more »Via The Hill, commentary on how to prevent food from becoming a weapon of war: The conflict in Ukraine has exposed the fragile geopolitics that underpin global food systems, threatening the health, livelihoods and wellbeing of millions of people around the world. Just as Europe is now counting the cost of relying on imported fossil […]
Read more »Via Mongabay, a look at how Indonesia has incentivized fishermen to patrol their local waters: Indonesia has a vast maritime area, but not enough personnel to patrol and monitor for illegal and destructive fishing. To address this gap, in recent years the government has incentivized fishers and other coastal communities to form monitoring groups that […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on widescale frain seizures and destruction of tools and buildings in Ukraine: Things have gone from bad to worse on Oleg’s farm in Kherson in southern Ukraine since Russia’s invasion 10 weeks ago. Occupying forces took away some of his grain and stole all the machinery, including trucks, […]
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