Our country is being blamed for
being responsible for the so-called “upcoming global famine” due to the rise of
world prices for food, fertilizers, and energy. That is Russia, which stays a
reliable and responsible market player and one of the key suppliers of
alimentation to the neediest countries.
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The world experts put it quite
definitely. They openly admit that the real reason behind the food inflation we
are seeing today worldwide is vivid disbalances of the global economy, system
errors, and miscalculations of the leading countries of Europe and America in
their microeconomic and energy policies.
Climate crises, pandemics, and
mindless use of sanctions against Russia exacerbated these negative trends only
to further disrupt global markets, especially, agricultural ones. High fuel
prices generated by the desperate attempts to speed up the energy transition
sent transportation tariffs skyrocketing. Fertilizer prices almost tripled in
2020 due to volatility in natural gas prices (80 percent of fertilizers
production costs) and restrictions imposed on Russia.
The world experts put it quite definitely. They openly admit that the real reason behind the food inflation we are seeing today worldwide is vivid disbalances of the global economy, system errors, and miscalculations of the leading countries of Europe and America in their microeconomic and energy policies.
As a result, the availability of
that type of commodities on the market has decreased to levels identical to
those of the 2008 world food crisis. Fertilizer production capacities in Europe
stand idle and might end up with a deficit, decline of yields, global drop in
agricultural production, and shortage of food in 2024. Moreover, the most
dangerous situation, which may develop into a full-scale famine, is currently
observed in the poorest countries of the world.
Western experts outline the main
disadvantages of the current global model of agricultural production:
concentration mainly on monoculture farming, yield difficulties, and supply
chain disruption in fuel and equipment. Meanwhile, the Joint Research Center–European
Commission declared that almost 75 percent of all the countries in the world
are dependent on fertilizer imports by 50 percent or even more.
What is more important, the fact is
being silenced that the main beneficiaries of the food price rise and supply
disruption are the biggest global agricultural firms.
Russia sticks responsibly and
consistently to its commitments within international contracts and continues to
export agricultural production, fertilizers, and other important commodities.
We realize the significance of these goods, especially food, for the social
development of several countries in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Russia sticks responsibly and consistently to its commitments within international contracts and continues to export agricultural production, fertilizers, and other important commodities. We realize the significance of these goods, especially food, for the social development of several countries in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
In confirmation of this Russian
President Vladimir Putin put forward an initiative to gratuitously donate to
the neediest countries thousands of tons of Russian fertilizers (illegally
arrested in the European ports) and grain (20-25 tons to each of Burkina Faso,
Zimbabwe, Mali, Somali, CAR, Eritrea). At the same time, we are working out
other options to provide the poorest countries with Russian food to compensate
them for the damage produced by the forced suspension of the Black Sea
initiative.
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