A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk

Re:A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk by ggm on Saturday May 21, 2022 @05:19PM (#31461933)

I would be interested in an analysis at scale of artifacts, components, foodstuffs, industrial inputs, which have similar impact to the loss of this source of wheat, against a worldwide wheat market.

If (eg) Argentina Bolivia and Chile were unable to supply Lithium, how long would it take the world to ramp up to using Australian sources, and what would it do to the supply chain?

Or, if the soybean crop failed in one economy, would worldwide pig production suffer?

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Re:A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk by jka on Saturday May 21, 2022 @07:02PM (#31462953)

Do you mean something like a "causal loop diagram" as mentioned in this article? https://www.transentis.com/understanding-the-beer-game/en/

(albeit at a larger scale and with more products and filter-by-country)

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Re:A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk by ggm on Saturday May 21, 2022 @08:03PM (#31463479)

That's probably part of it, yes.

During peak covid vaccine ramp up, special plastic bags used in vaccine production were single source. So were the lipids and the factory to encapsulate the vaccine.

We saw mask and gown shortage, oxygen shortage, needle shortage.

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