With crops failing, some 49 million people are at risk of starvation; many farmers only grow enough food to feed their families. “People will be forced to flee to look for food,” warned Rein Paulsen with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture.
A poor U.S. harvest this year is setting back efforts to relieve a global food supply that Russia’s war in Ukraine has constrained, agriculture-industry executives said.
Persistent drought conditions in the U.S. and agricultural countries in South America, along with uncertainty over crop production in Ukraine, make it harder to relieve global hunger.
High temperatures this summer exacerbated drought conditions in the U.S. West and the country’s Great Plains.
The intense heat in states such as Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma set in as corn crops pollinated in many parts of the Grain Belt when the plants require the most water.
According to agriculture analysts, some corn crops were also planted late this year after a wet spring, causing some yield loss.
“The current market expectation is that global grain and oilseeds markets need two consecutive normal crop years to stabilize global supplies,” Mr. Magro said.
This year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted shipments from one of the world’s top grain-exporting regions. The Black Sea grain-export deal has helped free up grain storage space for Ukrainian farmers and provide them with cash for next year’s crop.
Without sufficient sales, farmers could struggle to buy the seeds, fuel, and other goods needed for fall planting, executives and analysts said.
Those factors have increased food prices this year, especially for poorer countries.
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