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with dunk, if the yellow booth put it in a little bit. thanks. we're on the street shooting at our store house. we were a deliberate target. there were in the woods with harvesting. machines have been destroyed. freight ships carrying grain needed and africa are kept waiting in the ports. fighting is hindering fur transports in spice of the great deal. fears of famine and civil unrest stuck rowing off. what's really good it, we will go and strike, come in the mid. if prices don't go down, we'll take to the streets and people might get killed at that. like with a fuck the fight 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, it's g in 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 alive i'll 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 thought that they shot at all our farming equipment. look at the bullet holes here. the selling could resume any time. even the roof is riddled with bullet holes

shut rather than me with. you can see here how heavy the shelling was. good and remember, every one knows. this is the most dangerous own carl watkins shawna. we are in the so called red zone. no one comes here of their own free will for the farm is this means few spare parts and 0 state aid. nadia still needs to feed her family . her husband and 3 children all work on the farm. this way, the grain would normally be cleaned. first ship retard caribou, of our 1st reaction was fear, grief and bitterness. lucia here, poor felt a desperate loss, but we don't know how much longer it will go on over jamal. but, jack, we are a little calmer now, just thrush q 50 every day. life is tough, even the trade is the void, the area. but not he has still gets an inquiry for sunflower seeds.

never been to drive over door. i would sell them for 24 hours, but never for 8. certainly not for 7. 0, well you can talk to your boss about it, but i don't agree with this price only. okay. uh huh. umbrella. okay. the rural. so didn't last appeared a lot of $195.00 per ton of rock for shift. but i understand that there are additional logistics costs. oh, but it's not the re pricing on them. certainly it's not, not yourself. it's just a fraction of the pre will price for her. the situation is a 3rd ball fair price is a rising worldwide fueled by fears of food shortages. she is stuck here with 4000 tons of wheat and its value is eroding. anger is 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. 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 shelba. born 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 need if that's good hi to and as for of was doing and doing had been noticed lot via log a few times, stephan meister as a political scientist and russia expert. his theory is that the war is about more than just ukraine and i just always kept i fights and holland seated. he put in, i think there are 2 central goals, couldn't wants to a cheerful and stop for film when damage 1st, he wants to destroy ukrainian society and the state to save his empire. very people from sucking. he wants to change the world, which has been primarily us dominated. one is he wants to change the european and global security order robots of her and on. 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 up shut, the capital of mauritania. almost 900000 people suffer from hunger in 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. so who is responsible for food procurement?

this applies have almost run out in the no actual warehouse a visible effect of the war in ukraine and high prices on the world market. dementia lynch, we are face as was said, the price of for do rickie's home. how soon receive describe the press article cookie that mean if we get to the flow contribution for from our donors, what we use to, to have in come off quantity, we cannot afford since prices have doubled cash donations no longer fund the quantities of food needed. many people can no longer be supported, leading to misery and hunger. of course, that is 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 all for let's leave

her lunch. supply chains are highly ronald, ours, and if there is a destruction somewhere, the entire system is affected or not, of an american, not pinkish d. we are dependent on countries or markets that are becoming increasingly authoritarian stories deck, all striving for more sovereignty and independence. edison. we didn't expect our plan for a fact that there could ever be wars in europe again in o parkin. 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 give 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 both or more. yeah,

all i can say is logistics, logistics. if we have the logistics chain than we can sell to put the about the proposal, mistake so high. if you is weakened economically, it 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. thank my own directly or indirectly. we provide a study income to round 68000 families, find 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 ottoman for it was a cloud rival from my 2 or 3 weeks ago. we talked about social lawyers for reloading the lock. i was just wondering if you've seen or heard anything if you have a solution that was visible z in correct, hobble even toyota, it'll come. we need a technical solution. fungi, if you find something that will be great or not available to cause. the problem is that the new roots are longer and significantly more expensive. my product, household policy product, ours as a generic products and good luck, that means whoever managers 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 a strong competitor to russia as a grain supply in recent years, threatening to take rushes, placed in the international competition give for,

nor can visits one of the solar facilities here. 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 this fluency. it's frustrating, it feels like a kick him a guts for many of us leaving on the venus locking him on health and minion 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 e. you have to be found urgently. 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. i'm

a sub for alicia from the over such to lost. the signal has to come from the top and politics. it distorts and truly it will take a political solution. but unfortunately with european bureaucracy, it is taking far too long, patient called to you india and hold off on august. the 2nd we actually assume that this war will go on for longer, not just for half a year. let me be 3 for 5 years in mia 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 grain producers can reach rural markets, give us ukraine of what it's yet of tibetan. after coming up, we are back in noah church in mauritania. what are the dangers if supplies from ukraine continue to fail and prices rise? bread is a major stable food here. when we impulse 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 hungary, she wipes bakery. oh, worried. i heard the bread is gone up to day to the thread with how much 120 government subsidies will 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 had an at that they put the price of bread up to day. i'm out of gas had, 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 we want to set out it. and if the situation doesn't improve in the next few years, we will all become sophists. then it's unacceptable. like we're simple people, we have nothing that we want to lower the cost of living and work. we won't accept it till monday until today what i could buy 2 loaves of bread with this coin. but now you have to hand over to coin step. you had the need you to defend what melodic has shown. what i say. can you give me 2 begets? ha, somebody here, give me 2 begets. come to god, what do i owe you? that letter 40 hour. a 2 thirds of late is here already spent on food. high prices mean hunger will not know what the via my, the dad, my father is so hungry. he cannot sleep on a food is made from week to hot. i work live with us, not enough for every one, but i'm only about desperate 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 fees, spread past, and pizza are signs of prosperity. local grains such as millet has been replaced. the western agricultural sector still profits from this situation to day. the colonial legacy still causes political tensions. reversal kinds of things where we have to think differently about all of our policies towards africa hunting. our approach is still very colonial of stickler nevister politic. often we need to take these countries more seriously. robert of monopoly, the linda anston 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 to its 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 grain crisis, chairman mark he saw was invited to saatchi by russian president vladimir putin. brougham. hootin seized the opportunity to publicly communicate his view of the grain crisis. took a 3rd. we was a regarding the export of ukrainian grain. we are not preventing it. there are several ways to export grain. i'm responsible for. it was

a hearing. vladimir putin does not mention the bombing of ukrainian ports. he blames western sanctions on russia for the crisis. miss mackey saw it agrees with this. he is supposed to see your doorstep sunday, so we're a former assistant to pluto mccall. i think that if we find the right solution with zillow and we will inform the european nations to alicia at hulu, live bought land also canada with she book or level of live functional, sued. that will mean they start their sanctions against all kinds of fertilizer on it, to fertilizers, which are important for our agriculture element and against the export of russian wheels. he likes potash show a blue 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 mister ear that the ar problem isn't for other reasons. we have

a rather bad image in parts of this region window now rushes on the scene. it appears as a viable alternative. even kind of emma, it is not a former colonial power. my thought is well received and as a cheaper certain success, bear with us misinformation and disinformation thought. and i think we should rethink our own history and how we interact with these countries. secrecy, stone? and we're going to send another document. this is this your was award of put in newton that certainly doesn't want to be regarded world wide as the leader who is driving hunger disputes out there as a surely he already has that image in the last it which is also accurate by that is thought this probably doesn't bother him emotional image on there because the water condemns him in any way. we're tired. the 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 gear or politician. swipe tyler in

innovative wished it off in fire. as fears of famine grow around the world, the harvest begins in the fields. a few crane ah, russian attacks continue. ukraine reports losses, grain prices keep rising, which means good business for all the other trade is 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 undefined. we will fight back. there is a 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 a farmer here 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. a social calls, a 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. our informant 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 poll 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 liter 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 colors 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 so vast to pull in 201920202021. but 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 receive no answer. according to its own data, russia expose it over 80 percent more wheat and may, than in the previous year. income from exports is key as professor mos him, kime explains as stockton and celia was the chivalry shop i was slung, since russia already ex, or it's a lot of grain. it tends to strengthen. the russian economy comes at normal and pies. and if russia can export at enormously high prices, oh, then of course at the gold mine westland export, and this was back,

the more russia can export you, the more the russian economy benefits was one move. so, and these are the 2 at the moment show. russia has to generate income to keep financing the war, but it's financing and putting as i'm from apartment, there couldn't is power hungry list. he will pull out all the stops to stay in power into enforced his will and could tired of destroying or stealing and so ingrain is all part of staying and power generating revenue supply and weakening ukraine economically to get another one home depot cleaner economist expression. the pressure on gray markets is grubbing 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. they stocks in the pools of rostock germany. a ship is being loaded to deliver we to mauritania, look fixed. he there is

a grain trader. i figure he is shipping 27500 tons of we to africa from last year's harvest. ah, lazy. thankfully that you smell it, right. mil frish ha with philip mumford really. right. look fixed he they lived and worked in ukraine for several years. he wishes his colleagues there were able to deliver the grain themselves for will cartoonish lumberton, for the sake of all ukrainian farmers. we would very much like to see odessa port free again and go to the grain being loaded here is mainly from mecklenburg west in pomeranian. it was put into storage and the silos of rostock port last year. looked fixed. peter had no idea then how much he would end with it. we are not tied

to him handsome 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 asking 5, then we owned the grain and had a big price risk that the value of the goods on the ship is about 11000000 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 grain will be available this year and that's good. i know, on fact i sure will. normally, there has been extensive economic literature on it over the last few years. so what we know today is very simple. math the markets assess whether we have enough stock to last until the next harvest of a funny noise. well, the weed, last until new wheat is harvested. my advice, if it doesn't do to 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 none, none good. the attack on ukraine has exposed the weaknesses of the global free supply chain. company, 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 100 name. and when you stop it, i think we also have to question our systems in the way we have use globalization to our own advantage. and for our prosperity and 40 law hutton demons, then we will be able to reduce this vulnerability, and hopefully also the fear have fallen couldn't win. 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,

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