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i'm following with w. fire made for mines. ah, ukraine 2022 ah. wheat fields up in flames. missiles strikes are targeting farms and we've done give to y'all is do is put it in a little bit. thanks. we're on the street shooting at our store house. we were a deliberate target. with harvesting machines have been destroyed. freight ships carrying grain needed in africa are kept wasting in the pool. it's fighting is hindering for transports in spice of the great deal. fears of famine and civil unrest are growing

soft. what's vividly good, we will go on strike women. madam, if prices don't go down, we'll take to the streets. people might get killed like with a bug, but like for several months now we've been observing this development and trying to understand it. is there a strategy? is russia also weapon, eyes, and crops to wage its war against ukraine? ah, ah, it's june 2022 and we are in the south of ukraine, just a few kilometers from the front line for the nearby black see ports of odessa and make her live are being attacked on a daily basis. in this region, grain is grown on a large scale and exported all over the world. at least it was before the war.

nadia ivanov us farm is one of many that has been destroyed. she wants to harvest her wheat this year, in spite of the destruction put it on the fact that they shot at all our farming equipment. we look at the bullet holes here on the selling could resume any time. even the roof is riddled with bullet holes, shovels and mirrors. you can see here how heavy the shelling was. good and remember, every one knows this is the most dangerous own girl partnership. norma. we are in the so called red zone. no one comes here of their own free will for the farmers, this means few spare parts and 0 state aid. nadia is still needs to feed her family . her husband and 3 children all work on the farm. this is where the grain would

normally be cleaned. that she put she dark color, blue arced reaction was fearful. grief and bitterness usually here poor felt a desperate loss, but we don't know how much longer it will go on over jamal. but young we are little calmer now just thrush q 50 every day. life is tough, even the traders the void, the area, but not he has still gets an inquiry for sunflower seeds. never been to the open door. i would sell them for 24 hours, but never for 8. certainly not for 7. or you can talk to your boss about it, but i don't agree with this prize and laying it. okay. uh huh. umbrella. okay. the riddle. so didn't was to fill the little $195.00 per ton of drug for shift. but i understand that there are additional logistics costs. oh, but it's not the right price. i want them to me. it's not, not yourself. it's just

a fraction of the pre roll price for her. the situation is the 3rd ballpark. prices are rising worldwide fuel by fears. of food shortages, she is stuck here with 4000 tons of wheat, and its value is eroding. and there was a bullet to having, it isn't painful here for the rest of the world. and for us with seizure, our grammar for some it is their food in for us is it's money for our livelihood, but to carry on working well not yet is not yet know how to keep the business running. until recently, the nearby black c ports had ensured short transport routes and good prices. well, trade is all about shifting large quantities cheaply. but now the ports are under fire. they say in the industry that whoever controls the ports controls expos,

professor machine kime is an agricultural economist at the university of bon. he's observing the global effects of the war. no, it's for ions. at some leaps, meters, hunger is being used as a weapons buffer ions at some to sell their withholding food and weapon ising. it also burchesi's on on a line. it's not just the grain silos that have been shall be borne out in vic, russian warships blocking the ports for months have of course led to a shortage of grain elsewhere on up to where it is urgently needed stuff, good hide and us for of was doing and doing had been noticed lot and via larger field top stefan meister as a political scientist and russia expect, his theory is that the war is about more than just ukraine and i just, i was kept i fights and oddity to, to put in. i think there are 2 central goals couldn't wants to a cheerful stop for film on dom at 1st. he wants to destroy ukrainian society and

the state to say was empire. very people from sucking. he wants to change the world, which has been primarily u. s. dominated one is he wants to change the european and global security order, crowbars of and, and how does the war in ukraine impact the world wide food supply? globally, only a few countries export quantities securing the majority of the world's food. between them, ukraine and russia, cover almost 30 percent of global demand. in recent years, countries in asia and africa have become increasingly dependent on cheap supplies from the global north. mm. this is also the case in laura cheney at western africa. it is one of the poorest countries in the world around a 3rd of the grain here is imported from ukraine and russia. we are in no oct shut, the capital of mauritania. almost 900000 people suffer from

hunger and mauritania. the higher the grain prices on the world market, the more people they are who cannot afford to eat. the world food program is active throughout the country to alleviate the worst of the hardship we accompany their employee, mama to sell who is responsible for food procurement. list supplies of almost run out in the no actual warehouse a visible effect of the war in ukraine and high prices on the world market dimensional. and we are face, as was said, the price of for do rick is from home also receive, describe the press article cookie that mean? if we get to a flow contribution for from our donors,

what we used to to have in thomas county, we can afford since prices have doubled cash donations, no longer fun the quantities of food needed. many people can no longer be supported, leading to misery and hunger of gotten ready. so the global food system is looking vulnerable and the situation could worse and in the future isn't for lever kitten are punished. you hold for let's liter heard on supply chains that are highly blown. are gold, ours, and if there is a disruption somewhere, the entire system is affected on out of an america, not pinkish d. we are depended on countries or markers that are becoming increasingly authoritarian states alcohol striving for more sovereignty and independence edison . we didn't expect our plan for the fact that there could ever be wars in europe again in o. peggy, in dba con. farmers are now looking for other transport routes to sell their grain . we follow

a new grain export route to the north of ukraine. here nearly vive, few bombs are falling, but the war is still only present. even large companies are experiencing financial hardship gear for, nor can is on the board of one of ukraine's largest agricultural companies, a german native he wants to stay here despite the war his team is struggling to find new opportunities for exports. but both mobile. yeah. all i can say is logistics logistics, because if we have the logistics chain than we can sell to put the proper, the proper mistake. so high if you in is weakened economically it's risks losing the war need. and so i told him that along with our 2000 staff, many suppliers and customers, our business links with our company, think my own directly or indirectly. we provide

a study income to run $6.00 to $8000.00 families crisis meetings, take place almost daily. gustavo, working under extreme emergency conditions until now, goods of also been shipped from this region by the black sea ports, new logistics chains of an unprecedented scale. have to be set up the ottawa for, it was a cloud level from like 2 or 3 weeks ago. we talked about such a molars for reloading lot. i was just wondering if you've seen or heard anything. if you have a solution that was visible z in gretel, even towing others will come. we need a technical solution. fungi, if you find something that will be great on us valuables across the problem, is that the new roots are longer and significantly more expensive than mine for

like households. pilot product, ours as a generic products and good luck, that means whoever manages to produce and deliver we to the customer, the cheapest cost wins the race consequence. if grain cannot be delivered from ukraine, other countries will step up to replace these values. ukraine has become as strong competitive to russia as a grain supply in recent years, threatening to take rushes place in the international competition go vanilla can visits one of the solar facilities. there are a 1000 tons of grain were previously loaded here every day. since february, individual trucks have only been transporting a 100 tons per day, has to be in the spirit, say, it's frustrating. it feels like a kick him a guns for many of us leading on the venus lock. in half a 1000000 trucks would be needed to replace the black sea ship transports. the war

and destruction of infrastructure has created a long term problem. new land routes which crossed the you have to be found entity, whether by rail on rivers or by truck. there are now huge traffic jams at the board is it's time for political solutions passing like most not really sure from the over such there's also the signal has to come from the top and politics. it distorts naturally. it will take a political solution, not unfortunately with european bureaucracy. it is taking far too long, patient will cut to you india and hooked up on august the 2nd we had to assume that this war will go on for longer, not just for half a year. let me be 3 for 5 years and me of i and that the black sea will continue to be blockaded by russia dentistry. i'm not sure, of course, it's in our interest for ukraine to diversify its transit routes. if we can, to ensure the green a produces can reach rolled market status,

ukraine deposits yet of the bed after comcast. we are back in noah shut in mauritania. what are the dangers if supplies from ukraine continue to fail and prices rise? bread is a major staple, fitted here. when we imports failed to arrive some 10 years ago, they were riots, bloody demonstrations and protests. today the military controls the streets. and with reason, as bread prices are rising again. customers in hotter issue if's bakery. oh, worried. i heard the bread is gone up to day for the thread with how much 120 a government subsidy is for bread, which are common in other countries. aha to sustain in indebted mauritania. the

pandemic shrank. the state budget here as well, walking through the market, we are unexpectedly surrounded by a group of men. we feel their desperation 1st hand, though i hadn't at boardington, hadn't, at that they put the price of bread up to day. i'm out. i've got nobody knows what to do killer prices keep rising. and when that happens here, they won't go down again. anyway, nick belushi met though you want to set out it if the situation doesn't improve in the next few years, we will all become sophists. it's unacceptable. we are simple people, we have nothing. we want to lower the cost of living and work. we won't accept it so mother until today what i could buy 2 loaves of bread with this coin. but now you have to hand over to coin skip it, had then if the depth and what my products had shown, what i didn't, can you give me 2 begets? ha, somebody here, give me 2 begets come to god, what do i owe you?

that letter? 40, how are you? good. what i did with 2 thirds of late is here already spent on food. high prices mean hunger will know what good a via my dad. my father is so hungry he cannot sleep on a food is made from week to hot. i work at live, but it's not enough for everyone, but i don't want to spend a bad desperation. if bread prices continue to rise, there is danger of civil unrest. way. how did the country become so dependent on grain supplies from the broad colonial times? wheat has been one of northern africa staple feats. spread past and pizza are signs of prosperity. local grain such as millet has been replaced. the western agricultural sector still profits from this situation to day . the colonial legacy still causes political tensions. emerson comes under schools

. we have to think differently about all of our policies towards africa hunting. our approach is still very colonial, a stickler anesthesia politic. often we need to take these countries more seriously . albert of monarchy, the lender unstained the most. oh, the central african republic is one country way russia has been expanding its influence for years. in march, the attack on ukraine was met by a show of public support among the former soviet union. often supposed that the african struggle against colonialism by providing weapons or building roads concerns about food imposed mingled with resentment towards former colonial powers . this conflict is reflected in politics. african countries joined together in the african union in 2002 to strengthen their participation in well trade. during the 1st peak of the great crisis chairman mock, his son was invited to saatchi by russian president vladimir putin. brougham.

hootin seized the opportunity to publicly communicate his view of the great crisis . took a favor and we was regarding the export of ukrainian grain. we are not preventing it. there are several ways to export grain as possible for it was a hero. vladimir putin does not mention the bombing of ukrainian ports. he blames western sanctions on russia for the crisis. monkey saw agrees with this view as a bogus your dorset sooner so were former. this is melissa mccall. i think that if we find the right solution would cylinder, we will inform the european nations to alicia at hulu, live brooklyn, and also canada will. she will go live less live functional suit. that will mean they stopped their sanctions against all kinds of fertilizer or lewis. a dual

fertilizers, which are important for our agriculture element and against the export of russian. we'll select spot does show debra. this he is following the russian narrative, yet agricultural products are explicitly excluded from western sanctions. by is putin's view. so convincing ones are probably in the ear that the ar problem is arctic. for other reasons, we have a rather bad image, and parts of this region window now rushes on the scene, it appears as a viable alternative. what's even kind of a minute is not a former colonial power. my thought is well received and has achieved a certain success. bear with us misinformation and disinformation thought, and i think we should, we think our own history and how we interact with these countries. think of see stone when government isn't done like a dogma. this is the only over the world of herb hootin, newton. they certainly doesn't want to be regarded world wide as the leader who is

driving hunger hyped. disputes out there as a shirley. he already has that image in the west, which is also accurate by that is i thought this probably doesn't bother him emotional english under should because the white condemns him anyway. we're tired enough. the in viet, depending on how the war develops and what the outcome might be. there's definitely the danger of a new geopolitical division in the world. your politician, spy, tiled on innovative, wished it off in fire. as fears of famine grow around the world, the harvest begins in the fields of ukraine. ah, russian attacks continue. ukraine reports, losses, grain prices keep rising, which means good business for all the other traders on the world market, including russia. unexpectedly, russia reports increased exports fell, may how come in the south of ukraine?

farmers accused russia of stealing grain from the occupied territories. we meet an informant whose identity is concealed. the town where he lives is under fire. we will fight back. there is real resistance. our informant is a farmer. we call him sasha. he is threatened by the same fate as his colleagues under russian occupation. the russians came and asked if the farmer had any diesel. he said no, but they found a container with 3 or 5 tons of it. and took it this cannot be independently verified. but so we can form our own opinion, the social calls of friend, the farmer,

living under russian occupations since march. how are you? are you okay? are you? well yes, i'm well thank god mm hm. are in full men's lives some way here in the occupied territories. in front of his house, he has observed russian grain transports. in the beginning, they removed their russian license plates. but now they just drive around with them on the convoys drive and pick up the grain and drive away again, day and night. and it's all going to crimea, right? yes, everything is taken to crimea. is this true? we want to know more and check the facts from the region where our informant lives . there are 2 main roads going all the way to crimea, and the ports of savannah to pull and fear,

dozier serviceable, is especially conveniently located for international c trade. mm. we contact to company and ask for satellite images we checked the ukrainian data. indeed, satellite images revealed that the of lisa grain terminal was bustling with cargo activity and june loading takes place on the 3rd of june. there is further loading on june the 5th, the 12th and the 16th. the load is always yellow and cunning, similar to grain or corn, and obviously in large quantities. so they transported a total of a $140000.00 tons of grain. yes and thought was just here.

we received several reports of large quantities of grain being transported from ukraine. although this cannot be independently verified. what is certain is that only $8000.00 tons of food was shipped per year from savannah to pull in 201920202021. thus, in 2022. the figures increased 245-0000 tons for all food products. it is not possible to conclude exactly where this came from and how it came into russian possession. am i upset? of course. i'm upset. we're losing a lot. we confront russian ministries with these allegations, but we received no answer. according to its own data, russia expose it over 80 percent more wheat and made than in the previous year.

income from exports is key as professor mos him, kime explains. as the auckland and so he was a chivalry shop. i was slung, since russia already eggs or it's a lot of grain. it tends to strengthen the russian economy, cons normal and pies. and if russia can export at enormously high prices, then of course at the gold mine westland export, and this was back, the more russia can export the, the more the russian economy benefits was one more so, and these are the 2 at the moment show. russia has to generate income to keep financing the war about financing and putting his arm from mark lynch. there couldn't is power hungry list. he will pull out all the stops, to stay in power into enforce his will and could tie to destroying or stealing. and so ingrain is all part of staying and power generating revenue so plan weakening ukraine economically. again, the wonderful cleaner economists freshman, the pressure on gray markets as growing the attacks on the black sea ports are

causing prices to rise. soon wheat will cost more than ever before becoming unaffordable for many customers. world wide farmers are trying to compensate for the shortages also by using up their stocks. in the port of rostock, germany, a ship is being loaded to deliver we to mauritania. look fixed, he there is a grain trader. i let me figure. he is shipping 27500 tons of we to africa from last year's harvest. a nice thankfully fair. you flower right mil fresh with philip mumford early moran look fixed. he lived and worked in ukraine for several years. he wishes his colleagues, there were able to deliver the grain themselves for will cartoonish lambda for the

sake of all ukrainian farmer that we would very much like to see odessa port free again and go to the grain being loaded here is mainly from mecklenburg, western pomeranian it was put into storage and the sellers of ross stockport last year looked fixed. he had no idea then how much he would end with it. we are not tied to enhance some new vinegar calls. it will still be can be bought the grain in the fall and winter term with we did not know the buyer but still had to submit a price to the farmer, ask it's higher than we owned the grain and had a big price risk that the value of the goods on the ship is about $11000000.00 euros. we have to hedge the resident us easy cooperation. in this case, he will make a profit. but why has the price of wheat risen so dramatically since the start of the war? politic sleeva?

it's mainly due to uncertainty about how much grade will be available this year and i skipped i know, on 5 i sure it will. normally, there has been extensive economic literature on it over the last few years later. what we know today is very simple. math. the markets assess whether we have enough stock to last until the next harvest, with any noise. well, the wheat last until new wheat is harvested and delivered. if it doesn't do the awful circumstances like the war, then prices will rise in your heart. that's the only reason i can do pies and i was kind an ongoing the attack on ukraine has exposed the weaknesses of the global free supply chain. covers is listed justice american with what in char. i think it is important to reduce rushes potential for blackmail to, to at least take this leverage out of russia's hands off to hunt name onto the shop . and i think we also have to question our system in the way we have use globalization to our own advantage. and for our prosperity and for tyler, hatton demons, then we will be able to reduce his vulnerability,

and hopefully also the fear have fallen. couldn't went off any of the angst. and what about ukraine? at the end of our filming, we hear that the fighting has intensified. there is still uncertainty about how the wool overweight will play out. ah, lou. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word hello, pinnacle rico is in germany to learn german. why not learn with him? a simple online on your mobile and free to shop. t w's, e learning course, nico speak? german made easy. the world cup in guitar.

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