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FOOD INFLATION, FOOD SHORTAGES, FAMINE
World Hunger
It has been the worst drought in more than 50 years, and it
has absolutely devastated corn crops all over the nation
devastating global food crisis unlike anything
A we have ever seen in modern times is coming.
Crippling drought and bizarre weather patterns have damaged
food production all over the world this summer, and the
UN and the World Bank have both issued ominous warnings
about the food inflation that is coming.
To those of us in the Western world, a rise in the
price of food can be a major inconvenience, but
in the developing world it can mean the difference between
life and death. Just remember what happened back in 2008.
When food prices hit record highs it led to food riots in 28
different countries. Today, there are approximately 2 billion
people that are malnourished around the globe. Even rumors
of food shortages are enough to spark mass chaos in many areas
of the planet. When people fear that they are not going to
be able to feed their families they tend to get very desperate.
That is why a recent CNN article declared that “2013 will be
a year of serious global crisis”.
The truth is that we are not just facing rumors
of a global food crisis - one is actually starting
to unfold right in front of our eyes. The United States experienced
the worst drought in more than 50 years this summer,
and some experts are already declaring that the weather
has been so dry for so long that tremendous damage has already
been done to next year’s crops. On the other side of the
world, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan have all seen their
wheat crops devastated by the horrible drought this summer.
Australia has also been dealing with drought, and in India
monsoon rains were about 15 percent behind pace in mid-
August. Global food production is going to be much less
than expected this year, and global food demand continues
to steadily rise. What that means is that food inflation, food
shortages and food riots are coming, and it isn’t going to be
pretty.
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