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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

At the same time as Ukrainian wheat issues with the blockade could be a really big issue.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Started the food wars have

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can we please not have silly jokes on a serious topic like global hunger?

This is one thing I don't want from reddit

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mainwhile, Russia is actively engaged in the destruction of Ukraine wheat export terminals, and India remains silent.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

India, Indonesia and the rest of non alignment countries do not need to enter this war set up by the West.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From what I read India and Russia are really old friends, that's why India isn't saying anything and they do lot of business.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

More than old friends. India is heavily reliant on russian arms. Replacing them would be a slow, expensive process. Considering it is surrounded on two sides by aggressors with regular conflicts, jeopardizing relations with Russia is not an option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Historical and political reasons too. USA keeps arming Pakistan with modern weapons, and they have a single target to use them on. It would be stupid of India to put all it's weight behind US if that's a one-sided affair. In an ideal world everyone would side with what is moral, unfortunately we don't live in that world.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've always wanted all countries to ban staple food and water exports. If you can't grow your own food and have your own water, you don't need to have people living there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bit valid. Just rough for the people already living there that may not have chosen it

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Could do a phased approach over a decade or so, rather then all at once. But the other thing is that places (like saudi arabia) that shouldn't have near the population they do, are able to pay much more for food then somalia and so food growers in somalia would rather produce food to sell rather then feed their own people. So you basically shift the starvation to the food producers rather than the food buyers.