A reality, moreover, made worse by the action, at best irresponsible, of many of the political leaders who govern us. Today, just 10 countries produce 90% of the critical food commodities on which we all depend. In addition, more than a few countries have begun to implement export controls on fertiliser exports, a key development that is aggravating this supply crisis, sending us into a vicious circle, into a spiral of ever-increasing price rises, the outcome of which will only be a more violent and unstable world.īut how did we get here? The key lies in the different geographical realities that result in unequal global food production capacities. Today, 23 countries have already introduced some kind of ban on food exports. This is reflected in the emergency measures being taken by the various global powers to protect themselves from the possible consequences of these developments. To make matters worse, the war in Ukraine has accelerated events, and we can already glimpse a dark horizon. This will also lead to episodes of upheaval and social disorder that will result in a reconfiguration of the political systems in many of these places, causing new migratory flows of people seeking to flee these misfortunes and seek refuge in those countries that are more resilient to these developments. In the coming months we will see how the economic effects of this combination of crises will lead to a terrible humanitarian crisis caused by widespread famine in the most fragile countries. We are facing a veritable perfect storm in which various scenarios have come together to wipe out much of the planet's food production capacity in one fell swoop. But there is perhaps no crisis of greater importance than the one looming over the global food supply. We are indeed facing a key moment, a global paradigm shift that will be accentuated by these crises already mentioned. We are truly in the midst of a storm that could well sweep away much of the fleet that makes up our international institutions. After years of pandemic came economic crisis, inflation and then war. We are facing a full-blown geopolitical storm. In fact, it is usually in troubled times that geopolitics tends to come to the fore, precisely as in these times we are living through. Unfortunately, geopolitics is usually linked to bad news.
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