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War-fueled food inflation will cause social unrest, UN official says
A small supermarket in Cours-la-Ville, France, on April 29, 2022. France has been facing an oil shortage for days. (Photo by Adrien Fillon/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
(CNN) — A perfect storm of war, extreme weather and Covid-19 will drive global food prices to levels that will cause social unrest in some parts of the world, according to David Beasley, head of the United Nations World Food Programme.
“If people can’t feed their children and their families, then the politics unsettles,” Beasley told CNN during a conference on Thursday.
Hit by high prices and supply disruptions, Beasley said the UN has been forced to ration food supplies to millions of people around the world.
Often, that means diverting food away from hungry children to feed starving children.
“If we’re not there with a safety net program, then the political extremists or whatever the case may be, will exploit that,” Beasley said during the SABEW Conference in New York. “Next thing you know, you’ve got riots, famine, destabilization and then mass migration by necessity.”
Food prices are the main problem this year, but Beasley fears next year there will be a food availability crisis, for a variety of reasons including the war in Ukraine.
“In 2023, you’re going to have a food shortage problem,” Beasley said……More Here
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