Elzubi on ALMASHHAD TV: Food Crisis Amid Conflict

Specific Warnings:

• EU: “Fertilizer crisis to cut global crop yields by 10–15% next season.”
• UNSG: “Largest crisis since 1945, with 1.2 billion people in 62 countries at direct risk.”
• World Bank: “Each additional week adds 7–9 million people to the list of acute hunger.”

Conflict, Energy, and Food Prices

• Reshaping global food prices, especially in heavily importing countries.
• Raising costs of food transport and processing.
• Pressuring the basic costs of international food chains.
• Exacerbating levels of food poverty.
• Sanctions, monetary and fiscal policies may alter trade flows.

Strengthening Food Security Through:

• Diversifying food sources.
• Investing in smart agriculture.
• Developing reserves.
• International cooperation with developing countries by reducing reliance on single suppliers and mitigating price volatility.
• Providing financial and technical support for risk management, coordinating international food aid, and guiding import and storage policies.
• Reducing waste and boosting local production.
• Transitioning to lower-cost energy sources for transport.
• Enhancing regional cooperation to connect markets and ease unnecessary restrictions on essential food trade.