Humanity may face the biggest food crisis since World War II. What preventive measures have countries taken?

In March, since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United Nations Food Program issued a warning that mankind may face "the largest food crisis since World War II"; in May, the United Nations World Food Program continued to issue warnings , mankind may face "the largest food crisis since World War II". As many as 1.7 billion people are exposed to the destruction of food, energy and financial systems, leading to the worsening of poverty and hunger.

Food Crisis

Food is the foundation of people's livelihood. Once a crisis occurs, food importing countries and poor areas will bear the brunt, which will lead to soaring global prices, a substantial increase in the number of hungry people, and social instability. factors and humanitarian crises will further intensify.

In addition, economic globalization has not brought more resource sharing to the community with a shared future for mankind. On the contrary, in order to ensure the self-sufficiency rate of their own supply, various grain exporting countries have also opened up Established an expanded self-protection model.

a. On March 9, the Ukrainian government announced a ban on the export of staple agricultural products such as wheat and oats, as well as corn, buckwheat, etc.;

b. On March 12, Belarus The export ban was extended for 6 months, including exports to Eurasian Economic Union countries;

c. On March 14, Russia banned the country from exporting wheat and rye to Eurasian Economic Union countries before June 30. , barley, corn and other grains, the export of white sugar and raw cane sugar will be suspended until August 31 this year;

d. Hungary, Argentina and Turkey are taking measures to strengthen control of local products, and Argentina is a global cereal One of the major exporting countries, Turkey is the main exporting country of flour;

e. Moldova has temporarily suspended the export of wheat, corn and sugar since March;

f. April 17 On May 13, Kazakhstan stated that it would restrict the country’s wheat and flour exports until June 15;

g. On May 13, India, the world’s second largest wheat producer, announced that in order to ensure domestic food security, it would ban Wheat exports.

Grain

The self-insurance list of grain exporting countries is constantly increasing. Similarly, as the world’s largest grain importer, China has sufficient grain rations, but the proportion of other crops is low (mainly Including four varieties of soybeans, corn, wheat, and rice), so this is why our country must insist on holding on to the red line of 1.8 billion acres of cultivated land and continue to optimize the food supply structure. As the saying goes: "If you have food in your hands, you won't panic in your heart." Strategic food reserves also play an important role.

As one of the world’s largest grain exporters, the United States ranks first in corn, second in soybeans, and also in the forefront of wheat. However, it is reducing exports. At the same time, it has also announced some specific measures to promote agricultural production, including increasing The number of counties across the United States that are eligible for "Double Crop Insurance"; reducing farmers' production costs through "precision agriculture" and other technical assistance that improves crop planting efficiency, etc.

The EU has also taken precautionary measures and taken actions to strengthen its food security, such as temporarily allowing farmers to plant crops on fallow land, reducing the blending ratio of biofuels based on food crops and increasing the proportion of corn, sunflower, etc. Cultivation of crops. Ireland has launched a nearly US$11 million program to encourage farmers to plant more crops such as wheat, oats and barley.

So the food crisis is not only a problem for individual countries, but also a cancer for the collective destiny of mankind. No country can be immune to it. There is only a price of loss for everyone. No matter what preventive measures countries take , restricting exports or expanding domestic planting area, improving production technology, increasing financial support, etc. are all of a drop in the bucket, because the world is developing, the economy is fluid, and destiny is tied. Only cooperation can we survive and win. Turn crisis into opportunity and win in the end.

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