[bert]

There is never food shortage, there is lack of transport

[Big Bronson]

“There is never food shortage, there is lack of transport”

That and looting warlords making off with it at all the points of entry.

[AndyJackson]

there is lack of transport

With the Baltic Dry Index trading near its lows, that is simply not the case.

[tiki]

Yes, any product has to get to market and that adds a lot, especially wheat, cotton, corn and those products that have to be further processed and every step costs more because of the price of oil.

[HangnJudge]

There is never food shortage, there is lack of transport

Haiti?
It was, at one time, independently sustaining in rice production
It is now a basket case, some say due to "transport"

http://www1.american.edu/TED/haitirice.htm