Re:Missing wheat from the war is less than 1% of global whea...
by mooreds on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:40AM
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> 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.
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.