Worst famine yet stalks millions as pandemic disrupts supply chains

businesslive.co.za ^ | 8/31/2020 | Megan Durisin, Elizabeth Rembert & Tatiana Freitas

[Roman_War_Criminal]

New York/London/São Paulo — The world is hurtling towards an unprecedented hunger crisis.

As many as 132-million more people than previously projected could go hungry in 2020, and this year’s gain may be more than triple any increase this century. The pandemic is upending food supply chains, crippling economies and eroding consumer purchasing power. Some projections show that by year’s end, Covid-19 will cause more people to die each day from hunger than from virus infections.

What makes the situation unmatched: The huge spike is happening amid enormous global food surpluses. And it’s happening in every part of the world, with new levels of food insecurity forecast for countries that used to have relative stability.

In Queens, New York, the lines snaking around a food bank are eight hours long as people wait for a box of supplies that might last them a week, while farmers in California are ploughing over lettuce and fruit is rotting on trees in Washington. In Uganda, bananas and tomatoes are piling up in open-air markets, and even nearly giveaway prices aren’t low enough for out-of-work buyers. Supplies of rice and meat were left floating at ports earlier this year after logistical jams in the Philippines, China and Nigeria. And in South America, Venezuela is teetering on the brink of famine.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

[Veggie Todd]

Stock up. Shortages are coming.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Watch the naysayers coming here and demand that these are ‘lies’.

Grocers cannot keep a lot of merchandise in stock for long.

[Persevero]

I can’t believe we have done this to ourselves as a world population. We aren’t that stupid. It’s just pure evil.

[riverrunner]

Going hungry and dying in a famine are totally different things.

[SES1066]

So many Covid deaths, right? Or is it “So many Covid-overreaction deaths”?

[rktman]

Could, possibly, might, maybe, chance of, possibility

[dhs12345]

And Bill and Malinda Gates are smiling. Fewer humans to pollute the Earth.

[laplata]

“Grocers cannot keep a lot of merchandise in stock for long”.

3-4 days from what I’ve read.

[dhs12345]

Probably more of both. Maybe a lot more.

[ifinnegan]

Fear mongering.

I’m sure there are issues and problems. But the sky falling rhetoric is meant to stoke fear and more importantly emotion.

[ClearCase_guy]

The pandemic didn’t disrupt supply chains — the government disrupted the supply chains.

Most of our poor people are fat. Hunger is not a real issue in the US.

The fear-mongering is just continuing. Pretty soon we will be shutdown until someone invents a vaccine for hunger.

[HighSierra5]

Another negative side effect of the scamdemic shutdown.

[griswold3]

something bad is headed our way. I cannot find canning lids. Ordered some from Lehmans, Kidron,OH will not send until late fall. Freezer is almost full. Had to wait until Nov to have beef processed.

[Seruzawa]

Agenda 21 in full swing. Greenies are toasting each other over this.

[caww]

There’s plenty of food....distributing it to those who aren’t working or have to stay shut in without transportation is the issue.

[bk1000]

“I can’t believe we have done this to ourselves as a world population. We aren’t that stupid. It’s just pure evil.”

Yep. It will be a shock to some to realize globalists would starve 120MM people to hold on to their power. Some will still vote democrat.

[central_va]

Trump’s fault.

[caww]

As usual media crying wolf to stoke the publics fears........

Trumps causing the virus!!!.....

Trumps muderering people in riots!!!.......

Trumps starving the hungry!!!......

Trumps threatening children by opening schools!!!!!S/c

[canuck_conservative]

3-4 days from what I’ve read

OK, calm down, this is more Big Media fearmongering.

That stat is because groceries are set up as a "just-in-time" delivery system, i.e., as soon as trailers arrive at the warehouse/distribution center, the products are shipped out to the local retail stores - so the total time from field or factory to retail store is about 3-4 days.

It's a continuous, non-stop system. Food doesn't just disappear, so IF the supplies ever stop, you'll hear about it long before the shortage shows up in the store, because it WILL be big news.

Right now, things are still going somewhat normally (I work at a Walmart warehouse, we're getting tons of the Kellogg's products from the summer harvest)