Rising vegetable prices open a new chapter in the world food crisis

This is the UK, one of the most developed countries in the world, where supermarkets are rationing purchases of some fruit and vegetables.
What does this signify?
According to a statement by the World Bank this month, supply chain disruptions, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, financial tightening through rising interest rates and the war in Ukraine have caused an unprecedented shock to the global food system. While wheat and grain prices have seen a minor dip, the costs of vegetables have been soaring. As a result of this, countries from all over the world (Morocco, Kazakhstan, Philippines etc) have put a ban on exports.
The sharp tip of this soar is helmed by the onion, one of the most used vegetables in the world. 106 million metric tonnes is the worldwide annual production of onions.
This food security crisis is a domino effect of the savage 2022 Pakistan floods, frost-damaged stockpiles in Central Asia, and the Ukraine invasion. Produce in North Africa has plummeted as a result of recurring droughts and subsequent increase in costs of seeds and fertilisers.
In the Philippines, the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has boosted imports to tame the highest inflation in 14 years. In Turkey, onion prices have risen by 700% over the past year. Around four-fifths of low-income countries and more than 90% of lower-middle-income countries have seen year-on-year food price increases in excess of 5% in 2023. For many, the inflation rates are much higher. (World Bank’s Food Security Update states). In India as well, food inflation increased sharply from 4.2% to 6% between December and January.
More than 3 billion people worldwide now cannot afford a healthy diet. In the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2022, the ‘cost of living crisis’ tops the list of threats over the next two year period. According to the latest January 2023 survey of the World Economic Forum’s Community of Chief Economists, there are tentative prospects of an easing of the cost-of-living and energy crises by the end of this year. But for now, the future remains uncertain.

[swatisharma]

Saw a video where the farmer said the Royal Botanical Gardens are more important than growing food and making it available to public.

In many ways Bengal famine should have been a wake up call to even British civilians because greed works until it spirals down to state of “nothing” for all

[TheRahsoft]

down vote for siding along the WEF. they are NOT looking to help the planet or farmers..


more countries should practice agricultural security alongside energy security.
if the price of vegatables goes up, this should encourage more home grown food. the downside is that the poorest will still not afford it. when the prices go up the growers wont get anymore money for their crop, but the sellers( supermarkets ) will.
the price gouging needs to be regulated so that people can eat.
also perhaps people should look to eat with the seasons and grow more at home where they can. allotments can help, but allotments are being targeted for housing developments for unwelcome guests...

[Malkava]

In Maharashtra farmers are dumping onions as they are not getting the required price.

[SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently grow all the veggies we need

[Kangoroo-gpwo]

Australians suffered not only food crisis, but cheap housing, health service crisis also. All of this problem was came from Education mafias who play with some entities in immigration to create difficulties in regulations to recruit foreign workers who want to come as food workers, construction labourer, health service workers, resulting worker crisis almost on entire fields. Imagine if cheap housing were build for all australians, those education mafias investment in property will plummeted. Safe australia from education mafias. If foreign nationals can come easily as farm workers in australia, nobody shall enroll to those mafias college or university, Australians children shall have more space to study.

[omkarbiradar]

But my village area no market for vegetables, 🤔🤔🙏

[StreetMachine]

i cant wait till it thaws here and we can start planting the gardens again

[bambamkitring]

UK need to focus on agriculture and plantation in future...

[dillonwood]

7 reasons why food price continues to go higher food price in every businesses all over the world have gone higher for months we hoping to see how lower it is

[gameworld]

India free ration scheme I'm joke to you 😂