Russia's invasion of Ukraine has coincided with a sharp increase in global food prices, which is something that we have seen before in recent history - though never at the current scale.
Statista's Katharina Buchholz says that in the past, food price surges have almost always immediately led to social unrest, usually in developing countries.
Food prices today have surpassed the peaks seen in 2008 and 2011, and civil unrest has already begun in North Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.
Human Rights Watch says that North Africa and the Middle East are especially vulnerable because they import much of their food from Russia and Ukraine.
At the beginning of March, protests over rising food prices were seen in Iraq, and that situation could spread elsewhere if countries do not receive the food imports they are used to getting from Russia and Eastern Europe.
"Most American cities are only a few days away from having no food on the shelves if a complete failure transportation issue happens if I recall my urban warfare training," suggested another.
"Considering the reliance of on-time deliveries and very reduced warehouse stock, it would not take much to deplete available stores. The simultaneous take down of the couple dozen major power relay stations would devastate the grid. Many components have a two- to three-year production lag. The average American has probably less than a week of food. Food insecurity becomes a Food Crisis very quickly."
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-29-food-prices-increase-aongside-political-instability.html
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