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Food prices hold near record as Ukraine war upends trade
Author of the article:Bloomberg News
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Megan Durisin
Publishing date:May 06, 2022 • 17 hours ago • 2 minute read • 31 Comments

Global food prices held near a record as crop trade is disrupted by the war in Ukraine, exacerbating tight supplies and stoking inflation.


Russia’s invasion has reduced exports from Ukraine to a trickle, curbing supplies from one of the world’s biggest grain and vegetable oil shippers. That’s sent buyers flocking elsewhere, while some nations are moving to restrict sales as they worry about depleting local reserves.

High fertilizer prices and weather worries are adding to the threat for global crop supplies, including drought curbing the U.S. wheat crop. That risks compounding a deepening hunger crisis. A United Nations food index eased less than 1% in April, holding near an all-time high.

“It’s really a minimal amount of decline,” Erin Collier, economist at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, said by phone. “Prices are still definitely very high and definitely still very much a concern, especially for low-income food-deficit countries.”


Prices fell for major staples including vegetable oils and grain, while meat reached the highest ever and dairy rose, the FAO report showed Friday. The gauge had soared 13% in March, its fastest pace on record, in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s attack. It’s eclipsed levels from 2008 to 2011 that contributed to global food crises.

The slight decline in prices in April was partly due to falling demand for vegetables oil, and weaker corn prices. However, there are uncertainties about palm-oil availability from Indonesia, the agency said.

Officials in Indonesia, the world’s top edible-oil shipper, recently restricted sales of palm oil abroad. That adds to a rash of crop protectionism since the war began, with countries like Serbia and Kazakhstan imposing quotas on grain shipments. India is also said to be considering limiting wheat exports after severe heat damaged crops, while its government said Thursday it doesn’t see a case for restrictions.


“Such moves might benefit consumers in countries imposing the restrictions, but usually come at the expense of all others,” the Agricultural Market Information System said Thursday. “Past experience suggests that these trade measures will put additional pressure on available food stocks, push prices up and threaten food security for the poor.”

Surging food prices are piling pressure on governments spanning Sri Lanka to Peru. The inflation rate in Turkey is at a two-decade high, buoyed by rising grocery bills. U.K. retailers are also warning of higher costs to come, as supply-chain bottlenecks hold up shipments.

Countries continue to purchase grain despite high prices, Collier said. Dry spells hurting wheat crops in areas like Morocco may also boost their import needs for the coming season.

Acute food insecurity spiked 25% last year, before the war in Ukraine began, and the hunger problem is likely to deteriorate further in 2022, a report from the Global Network for Food Crises said earlier this week.

“We’ve got the breadbasket of the world being turned into bread lines,” David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, said at a briefing. The war in Ukraine “is going to devastate the food security situation around the world.”
 

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Old tweets. Snake IsIand was levelled by fighter bombers last night. A TB2 was a 3rd strike.

The Black Sea Fleet has no S300 coverage and it now easy pickings for Raptor drones and Neptunes.
 
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Old tweets. Snake IsIand was levelled by fighter bombers last night. A TB2 was a 3rd strike.

The Black Sea Fleet has no S300 coverage and it now easy pickings for Raptor drones and Neptunes.
Helicopter and 2 other Raptor boats are newly reported not sure of the time frame




 
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It's going to get interesting. Ukraine is holding back....for now
I believe you are right they are just playing with them around Kherson I believe they are waiting for Kharkiv to cut off Belgorod and cut off IZIUM from resupply before they open up a full offensive to push through to Crimea
 
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Trudeau going to the Ukraine???
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Thank Justin that he’s a master of disguise! Yet still the media picks up on this and exposes his tickle trunk to all:
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….& I know which one is PM Volodymyr Zelenskyy above….
 
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