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hello, i'm adrian instead of getting welcome to the special edition of counting the cost on elders here up this week, global food prices are coming down, but many countries are still facing acute food and security. it's from china conflict, effective states, particularly at risk. also this week, the confidence it on sparks are humanitarian crisis, with 1000 splitting the chart of other neighboring countries. adding to an already alarming food crisis that of nothing to eat. the food crisis is worsting across africa with millions of people effective by food and security. but could agriculture has tons formation the, the on so the food we will need it. we can't live without it, and when it grows, guess all shed future is threatened economic crises, epidemics, conflicts, and extreme weather events can wreak havoc on global food systems. in particular, when many of the shocks come at the same time, 2022 was

a year of unprecedented challenges for the global food system. so is this, you're going to be at a best level? food prices fell in march this year for the 12 consecutive months down to 20.5 percent. from the peak and 2022 of the following russians. invasion of ukraine's, the united nations food and agriculture organization says the decline was helped, mainly by an agreement to unblock ukraine's great exports across the f a o. together with other international organizations as well. that concern remains higher for developing countries, which are still facing double digit food inflation, aggravated by the depreciation of the local currencies against the us dollar. and the mounting debt button advanced leading to rising food and security on the nourishment of a 30 percent of food is lost or wasted each year globally. that's a striking statistic, given the launch number of people going hungry around the world. over a 3rd of all food produced, estimated the 2 and a half 1000000000 tons globally,

is lost or wasted each year. one 3rd of this occurs at the food production stage, boston consulting group estimates that this wasted food is with $213000000000.00. well this year is you have another one of extreme jeopardy for the struggling to feed the families with bull, the 900000 people around the world, fighting to survive in ferment like conditions. this is 10 times more than 5 years ago. and that's on allow me leave rapid increase, the scale of the current global hunger. and now interest in crisis is growing bigger and bigger. with 345000000 people projected to be food and secure in 2023 alone. and that's more than double the number of 2020, a staggering rise of 200000000 people compared to pre cobit 19 pandemic levels. but why is the world hungry at that? i have up the, as a nation as well. food program says that

a deadly combination of factors lies behind it. conflict, it is still the biggest driver of hunger, with 70 percent of the wealth hungry living area is afflicted by war and violence, conflicts in ukraine, and sue donna for the proof of how conflict feeds hung up. the private crisis is another one of the leading causes of the steep rise in global hunger. climate. sharks destroy lives, crops, and livelihoods. and onto mind people's ability to feed themselves global fertilizer prices of climbed even faster than food prices. for a thing to turn food affordability and to a food availability. crisis with the production of may, is rice slowly being a week or fully in 2022 international agencies. operating costs are also at an all time high. the world food program is monthly operating costs a $73000000.00 above the 2019 average. a staggering 44 percent rise.

the extra now spent on operating costs would have previously fed $4000000.00 people for a month. joining us now from rome is marcos sanchez. marco is an economist and deputy director of the ad for food economics division at the food and agriculture organization of the united nation is the f. a o mark of good to have you with us globally, food prices. how big gum to full from the peak? of the early 2020 to get in some places, food prices remain stopping really high. what's going on these? what are you going to be domestic that are we need to purchase a new student. several explanations as to why countries are still seeing that increasing prices. decent symmetry in press start and it shows that which means that you know, the listing prices we always divert from the world rises. wow, add more weight for me because the or she don't, she distortion is that you read the listing prices and that is space. so how,

what is going on this part of the construction you convert more to base your state policies, you know, export restrictions quantities to support farmers. ready consumers opinion waste of renewables, etc. you're asking is that maybe the interest? yeah. honestly using the exchange rate of change. so that should really be appreciate you because there's probably shaking at that. it was a may your major impact on day, on the deal. i mean, change is costing much more for those for just workspace, but she ran up some issues with domestic on, you know, therefore, prices the prices, the crazy question. i'm at a certain time to find that at this point, you know, there's a still very, very strong dimensional flush. so the consumer, you know, it seems so so recovery, you need to focus on the data. okay. do you want to increase this price? it's nice to put it, but if people call it a for to wait,

are you satisfied with the international community's response to the sum of the 2020 to the crisis was, was badly averse. is what happens when, when, when the next food show comes along, how much impact is climate change go to it had to have on, on people's food and security that's, that's a big issue right now. let me do for us to your question is trust one point here. even before, you know, even before the one green, we're sure numbers, for example, in 2020 only, you know, i thought 3100000000 people in the world waiting for the dream property. now to restore your stores i, i must sell, you know, what, please we haven't seen the global. okay. right. and the response will be waiting for this group to shut the decision maker in the, in to will be lines a, you know,

solutions and the strategies to say they're safe. sure. no glasses between the air, beyond the finance. and at the same time, you know, may are nice asian acting, weird visions on time around each crisis. so what's your, your outlook for the rest of the market? i mean, off uh, food prices in these areas where they remain stability high, gonna start to come down. oh will because of the, the, the pressures that you talked about a people still going to be unable to afford to eat this time next year. yeah, i mean, the very weird may for what do you mean the price continues to decline because there are structural issues that they produce on systems delivery. oh no, we're costly, leticia sports that may cause hardware. if there's a how the price me it will. i'm thinking is that you know what the price is worth

of prices when it continues to a me, they actually decline. so how a, depending on the cost in markets, on demand titles and give you better mentioning very just markets like energy, for example. i obviously what happens to where, you know, when you see, for example, a new or new mean, then you're start worrying about what would happen, how, you know the difference is stakeholders in general, just exactly just sticks, but the, the price is low price we're to make my statement of the kind of what happens the problem because here we are no longer talking more economic. but we're talking about mac freakonomics. they're talking about a mocking dash. we're talking about pressures from bias of payments and for what is going on with the exchange rate depreciation ink cartridge that are particularly net one of interest. what see the report was blowing out. so, you know,

that's why i feel just as they, you know, embrace little in it for systems actors. but we really have to work with all the international distribution that was given with these my aspects in the boxes that are like 800 decent stress ball cards. from really good structure, but it's like some paper being with us on counting the cost. the most level besides droughts, floods and disease outbreaks, conflicts is one of the main drivers of food in security of the world. the one i'm fully can sit on is no different hundreds of people have been killed while thousands of others have had to flee to neighboring countries. and that's adding to an over the ramp and food and security crisis that the pricing is exacerbated and already difficult. humanitarian situation inside su, done with over $11000000.00 people, barely meeting the minimum food requirements. while the un will food program is one . the conflict could disrupt food shipments for more than 400000,

displaced people in neighboring countries. and then the delayed delivering food will make it hard to get long term supplies in place. in time for the 5 month rainy season. that is due to begin next month. but the united nation says that the 100000 people have fled, sued on, since the fighting broke out. on april 15th, i'll just say it was, i'm gonna address reports now from google. they have the chance to don border with thousands of refugees from the full region have been arriving. they keep coming. any way they can. the united nations high commissioner for refugees says, an average of 100 people are registered here every day. all of them from the 4 feeling attacks from ethnic malicious. so they money, brian de la, just arrived to disseminate at this informal camp or $4000.00. thank you. the $35.00, a minding that even residents of the capital on standing much better on details

about now is how and where his family finds food and shelter. blind and helpless human consider sunday mind arrived 5 days ago with his large family hoping also to find food, shelter and some piece sofa. he says he's found none. well, i do not see what uh we have had no food and no clean water since we arrived here 5 days ago. i think bob was going to mind this. a good camp may be preoccupied with safety and welfare of the family. but for the young ones, any time is amusement time from 10 don't do to conclude. another boat of communities must migration to chide is fueled by violence and threats of it from ethnic manages and revel groups. while some refugees want to go back home as soon as security improves some say the plan to make that move to chide. permanent united issues, one's been folding crisis in some time,

confined to the entire region into a deeper crisis. something chad government says it states in serious need that is crucial for child was. peace is also fried guy. how many degrees? and is it a good? you have a charge so then board will try to get stuff from nairobi. a statement of mala mala is the vice president of humanitarian affairs of cat international goods. have you with us a deep model. and what's the current humanitarian situation in china right now? facilities refugees. to that you might in situation in just the last time the emails before the crisis due to the funding. and so the started on 15 believe this job has been as reminded in prices. well, i don't say that anything but happening to my, to be an easy job, unfortunately is a very forgot some classes. and right now, what has been happening over the last few days,

the 10s of thousands of people are crossing the border and just said to be up in the villages, putting up in the open door deemed some of the trial to me, high smooth militia, and majority of their, of women and children. the bay was because been for the stories. the coming to charges at all $50000.00 now. and it just estimated to grow to over $100000.00 in the next few days. and what about those you've been left behind in a sit down some 15000000 people are reportedly lacking basic food requirements that you might be interested in. so donna is on the thing. and so that's i shudder to think that what is going to happen next. and you said almost 60000000 people have been in need. that is one of the entire country and then talk about the full listing, but have one in every 4. so that is, has been waiting to the 11. it'd be good. and, well, this is before the 16 on it,

so that has the mazda gas, and john have been severely to be managed and ensure which i'm gonna be your. why isn't backdating women? how much? so was how we got to list the services basic has, has those is what the foundation interesting power that has been. she was shortage . i feel that the number is around 61 percent, but i see that this number would be higher the close, which means that the, the judge, i'm not getting married. the a those who have been lucky. but for me, i had to, she have not been giving cups new treatment. so he just just aggravating going work . and the psychological trauma, the people facing the women and children. and i must say,

every crisis is harder for women and children and the instances of state. sure. and you have to be as well as is consolingly on that as the world food program has one that it's going to be unable to feed. those who have made it to try it unless it receives urgent funding. i mean how much money is, is needed, what, what sort of sum of money are we talking about? here we are, the sort means if i be specifying according to the response that for the job, the last one, the latest one, we are talking all $674000000.00. not may sound like a big number, but we had to put in a half 1000000 people urgently. dis has many of the big just the same. last i want to say it's not only the money or what needs to come at the urgency. we some flexibility, the other problem which we have to be very well in the thing is that they see the

concept in the next 4 to 6 weeks. that means what that, how are you going to be to manage it is to be able to reach those people generally have or which means you really need to add fast. so chad, as i said before, is the prices no just receiving so many, all the new one. if you do something in which only been a generosity really these are the detection so that be able to seem like the something something like what is it? 40 percent of people live below the poverty line already that in chat, this is without the refugee crisis. he saw what had happened, the last 4 people harder for people. and usually the situations like this, how the basic services, the what the vision and the costs, the go higher. and you know, in all this, what is the need for the georgia pd's not putting up. it's very dry. so water and

sanitation are the degrees and the reason says in the beginning called the stadium is the diseases like the others. and as you are, the big sweat on, the top of the country is very global in july. so i didn't say in this day and age of it is not skills of the accident that people go hungry just because they cannot have access to because nobody does more than enough form produced will be the split. but it just turned one by one click, the displacement which has been rated as the last couple of weeks developing a really good structure, manufacturing date for being with us on counting the cost of africa. spending the front of what's known as the perfect storm of food, few on fertilizer crisis, exacerbated by the one you've trained plus,

sewing inflation y as in debt. at extreme weather events like drops and floods. farm is in africa. we'll need as much as $65000000000.00 in loans every year to produce enough food to come in ports of cushion that economies from external shocks . the consummate imports over $100000000.00 metric tons of cereals at an annual cost of $75000000000.00. according to the african development bank, these importation costs could climb to $150000000000.00 us dollars by 2030. and we'll discuss all of that. we're joined now from cape town by peter jacob's pizza as a research director in the inclusive economic development division at the human sciences research council. good to have you with this feature. of course, we've been saying on the program that since last year and the train was course in a cute food crisis globally, especially the in africa. what is the situation right now in africa? the situation is really dire and it's in the past. the result of

the, of the war a situation with a lot of companies dependent upon in porch. but we have seen a number of other of factors or circumstances contributing to the diet situation, especially as 3 t regions of the continent. it's east africa, central africa, and the some parts of west africa, especially around the se, how area around the keno paso and those companies. so those are the, every, as maybe we've got experience with shortages, extreme levels of hunger and a number of factors contributing to there's been, we've seen a little bit of relief from 40 ports to some of the countries, especially of countries such as the drift. any c o b, or that have been the key ports of a house that are benefiting from the i see great be sure to that. what's negotiated

by the united nations and just recently been extended. and so this has brought a little bit of relief in some of the areas of brain deliveries to those 3 or 4 different ports in egypt. as you go to add to your peer, the extent of the brain would be to the rest of the coffin. however, it's dependent very much on localized, productive capacity as well as other factors that play into instead of the ability or producers both farmers to produce food locally. those imports a costing africa daily the amount of money that is having to, to, to spend that all those who say that africa could and should be feeding itself in most african farms. the, the amount of, of rice mays, of the staple trusts crops, while the harvested per acre or, or heck to or from less than half of what follows. elsewhere the world of producing

wife those sub signed that all this stuff is what the, what does african agriculture need to do to improve pop you? that's a very important question. i think that the customers straight to the bottom be because dependency on a, a, with a to the next. the grinding they said to and a whole host of other of interests, especially a recently coming in to the works with program and support from japan and france. those have had been with them to the extent of the, you know, improvements it is really the emphasis should be on moving africa's own production capacity. the factors that have really input africa's development in the cost of sector in the last few years, i have really be the decline, the situation, as well as a localized conflicts. so the reasons that i mentioned earlier, especially east africa, ends up the part of the se,

how it's really been driven by localized palm springs, as well as extreme drought conditions. and in those barriers, i think he's been very, very difficult to up scale production and productive capacity. and those of the regions of the, of the continent very good, very, very high levels of floating security and hunger. how can you change that around the valuable agreement of 2014, which is going to have it's a $101010.00 of us. the next year is literally about investing in agricultural r, n. d. improving the ability of companies to support the agricultural sector in some countries. you've had very, very good investments in for expense to include the support programs and inputs support programs for fathers or that's really, really pretty cool. we've specifically referring to them being able to support

programs support programs in terms of the year. i think those ones that have really helped to improve the extent some of the productive capacity. okay. uh, width of those support programs will be sufficiently belong wrong. we. we'll have to wait and seats, peter. if you are in charge, how would you 6 things. how can africa find a long term solution to hung up and malnutrition? i think the 1st and most important task, we picked up a doctor to pasadena last week at easter pro, invest increasingly in organic centralizes. if we can have a lot scope programmed in line with the manual agreement on investment b, but we're getting to its allies of programs. i think that would help with cost of growing productive areas. i weren't given the past regions of the say how that is, where we have a positive form is with lines stuck. and that's just going to be

a little bit more complicated because they've had the drought and lack of rain full there in those regions. and so there we, we've got to have different kinds of interventions, but obviously we also need to focus on a reduction in conflict across the, across the continent. why? because this has put a lot of pressure is on herb and supplements where you've got displaced populations crowding in those regions. and that resulted in a really extreme for insecurity conditions. so when you can have interventions that can address productive capacity of improve products capacity address. uh, private to change to problems and reduce pumps. we think that will be an agenda for us to begin to address a agricultural agriculture developing in africa. initial term, it's been really got to talk to you on catching the cost manufacturing data, being with us, a bunch of things here. and that's all show for this week. if you'd like to comment

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