The United States is the global food crisis "behind the scenes"

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, September 7 (International Observation) The United States is the global food crisis "behind the scenes"

Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiong Maoling

In recent years, affected by the new crown epidemic, the supply chain, the extreme weather, and the turbulent international situation, the global grain market has been greatly impacted. The prices of major crops have risen sharply, and the shortage of food in many places around the world. International institutions such as the United Nations and the World Bank warned that "the situation is getting worse from bad to worse", and the world may face "the most severe humanitarian crisis after World War II".

At the same time, the initiator of the Ukraine crisis and the behind -the -scenes pushing the United States to collect fisheries. Several major agricultural giants in the United States are making money from the grain crisis.

The grain crisis continues to intensify

At present, the global grain supply chain has been impacted, international grain prices have soared, many low -income countries are in trouble, and hungry people have continued to increase. Both Ukraine and Russia are major food exporters. Russia is still the main exporter of chemical fertilizers. The Ukrainian crisis upgrade and the cost of pushing fertilizer in the West's sanctions on Russia have led to higher food prices.

According to data released by the United Nations World Food Program recently, since 2019, the number of people around the world has doubled more than doubled to 345 million people. It is expected that more than $ 22 billion in funds will be required in 2022 to respond to emergency needs. A spokesman for the agency pointed out that the current food crisis is unprecedented. Regional turbulence, climate change, new crown epidemic and price increase are the four major causes. Since the upgrading of the Ukraine crisis, it has become extremely difficult for many people in the "Southern World".

The World Bank President Malpas said in April this year that the Ukraine crisis has pushed up global food prices, and the most poor people have suffered the most. According to World Bank estimates, every time the price of food rises, 10 million people in the world will fall into extreme poverty.

In addition, the rise in energy prices affects transportation and production, which also leads to rising food prices to a certain extent, exacerbating the grain crisis. Maximo Toriro, chief economist of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, said that if the Ukraine crisis continues, Russia and Ukraine will significantly reduce the exports of wheat, corn, and fertilizer. The soaring prices such as fertilizers will cause many farmers in other regions to afford, and it will also affect the harvest and stimulate rising grain prices.

"Gonghuo" in the United States is difficult to blame

The Ukraine crisis is an important reason for the current global food crisis, and the United States, which is "pouring fire" in the crisis, is difficult to blame. The United States and its allies have launched a restriction on Russia, which has made the global supply chain "obstruction", which has already affected the new crown epidemic, which has become more and more serious, leading to surge in international food and energy prices.

In Western narrative, the grain crisis was blamed on Russia's special military operations against Ukraine. However, analysts pointed out that the development of Ukraine to today is the consequences of the United States' constant squeezing Russia's strategic space for the sake of its own hegemony.

Although the U.S. Treasury Department issued documents in July this year claims that Russian agricultural products, agricultural equipment and drugs are not within the scope of US sanctions, and the United States supports the efforts to alleviate global food shortages, but Russian Foreign Minister Raferov pointed out at the end of July that the United States has implemented related Russian food supply. The exemption commitment has not been fulfilled. Russia, a large country of grain exports, affects food exports due to sanctions, which further deteriorated the current food crisis. UN Secretary -General Gutres also appealed a few days ago that Russian food and chemical fertilizer should be ensured that they enter the global market without hindrance.

"Matters behind the scenes" sitting on the fishing profit

Behind the global food crisis after World War II has the shadow of the United States. A few countries such as the United States have manipulated the global food trade system, built food hegemony, and repeatedly seek huge profits in the grain crisis.

An analysis article published by the School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University in the United States states that in the 1950s, under the promotion of the US government, American agriculture began to merge and integrate, and finally realized agricultural industrialization, and formed a number of large multinational enterprises , Involve seeds, fertilizers, grain processing, food trade, etc. Through these companies, the United States has locked its dominant position in the global grain system.

At present, the four giants that control the world's grain and trade, namely Aidi, Bangji Company, Cargill and Louisa, the top three are American companies. The American Agricultural Giant Mengshan Metropolis controls a considerable part of the seed production. American scholar Eric Holt-Hemnisia pointed out in a research report on the global food crisis around 2008 that in the fourth quarter of 2007, even if the food crisis in the world is happening, the profit of Aidi League has increased by 20% , Mengshan has increased by 45%, Cargaggia increases by 60%.

Today, these companies are borrowing the crisis of Ukraine. According to reports, after the Ukrainian crisis was upgraded, the stock price of Aidi and Bangji rose sharply, and the stock price of Aidi has increased by about 27%compared with the beginning of this year. The British "Guardian" reported in May that due to the soaring commodity prices brought by the new crown epidemic and the Ukraine crisis, the wealth of billionaires in the field of food and energy has increased significantly in the past two years. The rich man, and the new crown epidemic was before 8 people.

- END -