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"Countries that depend upon food imports and whose people spend one-third or more of their income on food are most vulnerable to increased global food prices, according to an analysis by Japanese investment firm Nomura. In its top 10 are Egypt, Algeria and Morocco, but also Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Tunisia, Romania and Ukraine are in the top 20. "High food prices… [are] a potential source of protests, riots and political tension," Nomura warns." Hong Kong? Ok, the analyst has no idea what he/she is talking about ... :)
Wouldn't worry too much about Romania or Ukraine, afaik (well, I know for sure about RO but not entirely certain about Ukraine) there are millions of acres of high quality land that grow weeds for now or need irrigation systems rebuilt - yes, they've bloody stolen all the pipes. If push comes to shove I'm quite certain it will become profitable to use all that land.
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I've been saying this all along, we carry on polluting more, draining more resources, less water, less food = WWIII.
Norm .net wrote:
I've been saying this all along, we carry on polluting more, draining more resources, less water, less food = WWIII.
It's like a balloon it can only be stretched so far before it pops.
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"Countries that depend upon food imports and whose people spend one-third or more of their income on food are most vulnerable to increased global food prices, according to an analysis by Japanese investment firm Nomura. In its top 10 are Egypt, Algeria and Morocco, but also Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Tunisia, Romania and Ukraine are in the top 20. "High food prices… [are] a potential source of protests, riots and political tension," Nomura warns." Hong Kong? Ok, the analyst has no idea what he/she is talking about ... :)
He probably wanted to say Tibet, but his editor was too scared or reprisals from China.
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Can Red Dawn be far off?
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Can Red Dawn Dwarf be far off?
They're pretty close: "They say that every society is only three meals away from revolution. Deprive a culture of food for three meals, and you'll have an anarchy. And it's true, isn't it? You haven't eaten for a couple of days, and you've turned into a barbarian!" (Atcherley, I think it was Trotsky who said it originally, but he wasn't so much fun.)
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Norm .net wrote:
I've been saying this all along, we carry on polluting more, draining more resources, less water, less food = WWIII.
It's like a balloon it can only be stretched so far before it pops.
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There's gonna be an awul mess once to the balloon pops, the poorest won't survive.
Norm .net wrote:
There's gonna be an awul mess once to the balloon pops, the poorest won't survive.
The old analogy "Only the strong survive" comes to mind.
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Norm .net wrote:
There's gonna be an awul mess once to the balloon pops, the poorest won't survive.
The old analogy "Only the strong survive" comes to mind.
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Mike Hankey wrote:
The old analogy "Only the strong Richest will survive" comes to mind.
FTFY :)
The golden rule...Them with the gold rule. Always been that way probably always will. And here I am so poor I can't even pay attention. :(
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Food Crisis may lead to more insurrection[^] I have been say this for ages, and it could be soon that a few more countries have their citizens get 'uppity' about the price of food. As the article states, one bad harvest could be the trigger.
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Wouldn't worry too much about Romania or Ukraine, afaik (well, I know for sure about RO but not entirely certain about Ukraine) there are millions of acres of high quality land that grow weeds for now or need irrigation systems rebuilt - yes, they've bloody stolen all the pipes. If push comes to shove I'm quite certain it will become profitable to use all that land.
I was thinking the same. The both countries have too little population for their natural resources and in fact their major exports are food. So this analysis is not to be taken seriously.
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He probably wanted to say Tibet, but his editor was too scared or reprisals from China.
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The whole thing is a complete joke. Egypt is the main food producer in the Middle East, Romania and Ukraine are among the biggest food producers in Europe and Hong Kong is not a country.
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Food Crisis may lead to more insurrection[^] I have been say this for ages, and it could be soon that a few more countries have their citizens get 'uppity' about the price of food. As the article states, one bad harvest could be the trigger.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
As the article states, one bad harvest could be the trigger.
The bad harvest in Russia was the cause of bread prices increasing so we are already probably looking at worst case scenario here so dont expect too much more.
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I was thinking the same. The both countries have too little population for their natural resources and in fact their major exports are food. So this analysis is not to be taken seriously.
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Actually no, Romania imports a lot more food than it exports and most of the land that was "communism" cultivated is now barren and unused. Very few people could afford to invest enough to reach western Europe levels of efficiency in agriculture so it's more expensive to buy internally produced food compared to importing.
