The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 159.3 points in March 2022, up 17.9 points (12.6 percent) from February, making a giant leap to a new highest level since its inception in 1990. The latest increase reflects new all-time highs for vegetable oils, cereals and meat sub-indices, while those of sugar and dairy products also rose significantly.
https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex
According to estimates from the FAO and the Ukrainian government, 20 to 30 per cent of land in Ukraine producing winter grains, corn and sunflower will remain unplanted this spring or will be unharvested in July and August.
https://www.ft.com/content/5212871a-d2d3-41ef-99fe-400ed33859e8
it is at 160:
Fertilizer prices 1993 - present:
The spike in the middle is the 2008 financial crisis
Due to gas prices and food prices, Peru is having riots.
11 people have been killed.
Peru is a modern nation.
It can happen here.
china:
"Pudong is now shut down, and security is pretty tight [across the river] in Puxi," Hsieh said. "The supermarkets have basically sold out of fresh food."
"We've been locked down for nine days, our PCR tests are all negative and we're not sick [but the police] won't let us out to take the air, so I may just jump from the building," Xu said. "That'll show them."
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lockdown-03282022140307.html
"There are only nine meals between mankind and chaos."
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