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Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea... by blaser-waffle on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:37AM (#30867679)
Political will, removing subsidies for farmers, logistics of actually shipping wheat, climate change, etc.
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Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea... by drexlspivey on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:42AM (#30867744)
How is climate change preventing Egypt to import wheat from India instead of Russia?
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Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea... by KarlKemp on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:14PM (#30870464)
By causing a previous rise in food prices in the region, which caused a hungry merchant to immolate himself, which caused widespread protests and, ultimately, unrest including the Syrian war, which allowed Putin to test his air force, creating the smug attitude that he could invade the Ukraine.
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Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea... by throwaway6532 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @04:49PM (#30872040)
The previous rise in food prices also being attributable to the Russian heatwave of 2010 being the link to climate change.
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Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea... by mooreds on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:40AM (#30867720)
> Political will

Of who? Don't the farmers who grew extra wheat want to sell it? Or are you talking about governments preventing wheat exports (I know that has happened in the past).

> removing subsidies for farmers

Not sure how that is germane. What do you mean?

> logistics of actually shipping wheat

That's a great point! Shipping from the Black Sea ports to Egypt/other ME nations is surely cheaper than sending wheat from India/Aus/USA to those areas.

> climate change, etc.

Sure, that's a threat to wheat (and food in general) everywhere and will be for decades. Do you see it as particularly acute/relevant to the current situation? I don't.

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