UN Chief: Global Food Shortage 'Catastrophe' Is Unfolding

A global food shortage “catastrophe” is unfolding, warns UN chief

 Ethan Huff 

 Is the world about to enter a time of great trouble that includes mass starvation? According to United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, the answer is yes.

Speaking about the unprecedented food shortages that are being blamed on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and “climate change,” Guterres warned listeners at a recent meeting that an “unprecedented global hunger crisis” is currently in the making.

Also blaming the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) plandemic and the “inequality” it exposed, Guterres hinted at what is soon to come for the planet as it descends into chaos and the total destruction of the old world order.

“There is a real risk that multiple famines will be declared in 2022,” Guterres said in a video message to officials from dozens of countries who recently converged in Berlin. “And 2023 could be even worse.”

Harvests all over the world are poor, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Farmers face extreme weather, expensive fertilizer, reduced inputs of all sorts and overall chaos from many angles.

This is making it difficult for many of them to reach their yield targets, which means less food in the supply chain for consumers. Eventually, the problem will become noticeable at the grocery store.

Because of the blockades in Ukraine, Romania has fast become the main exporting conduit for grain out of the war-torn country. According to reports, Romania has processed about one million tons of grain from Ukraine just since the February 24 invasion.

There is also plenty of wheat being exported out of Russia, with the same amount leaving the country this year in May and June as left last year during the same timeframe.

This, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, makes Russia’s claim that Western sanctions are responsible for the food crisis “completely untenable.”

Instead, there are numerous other factors impacting the situation that are setting the stage for a global hunger crisis of mass starvation and death.

“But it was Russia’s war of attack against Ukraine that turned a wave into a tsunami,” Baerbock alleges.