The U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against Russia Will Produce a Global Food Disaster

The threat to global fertilizer supply illustrates how energy products are an essential input into virtually all economic sectors.by John Ross"There is really no true solution to the problem of global food security without bringing back the agriculture production of Ukraine and the food and fertilizer production of Russia and Belarus into world markets despite the war.

" These blunt words by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accurately describe the present global food crisis. As the U.

S. and the G7 (comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) insist that cutting off food exports from Ukraine poses the biggest threat to world food security, rather than admitting the far more powerful negative effect of Western sanctions against Russia, their propaganda does immense damage to the world's understanding and capability of avoiding a looming global food disaster.

The G7 and the Approaching Food DisasterLooking at the world food supply situation, many experts see an imminent threat of "human catastrophe," as World Bank President David Malpass put it. Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, characterized his outlook on global food supply problems as "apocalyptic" when discussing increasing food prices.

This rise has led to the unfolding of two issues simultaneously: creating the threat of hunger and famine in parts of the Global South, and hitting living standards in every country across the globe.Even before rapid price rises surrounding the Ukraine war, more than 800 million people were suffering from chronic food insecurity--around 10 percent of the world's population.

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