Interesting piece on how fertilizer shocks move through global supply chains and land hardest in import-dependent African food systems. The focus is less on oil prices themselves than on the development consequences: input affordability, planting calendars and the uneven geography of scarcity. What is the world’s response if this sparks famines in Africa?
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This is a really interesting analysis detailing how fertilizer is being dispersed in the wake of the Iran shock. The net-net is portions of Africa will likely face famine conditions.
Half or more of countries experiencing extreme food shortages are in Africa right now. So if you want to know what the world is going to do about a worsening food crises that is set to spread to even more African nations, you need only look at what’s being done right now and you’ll get your answer. Foreign aid is being cut across the board in several major Western countries, with money bend redirected towards military spending. This is happening at the same time as a large crackdown on refugees and asylum seeking is ongoing.
That one mod here supports global economic calamity to teach Trump a lesson, so lets keep an open mind and see how this all plays out.