One face of climate change

Cliff Harris, the Meterologist/Climatologist, who writes for the press is predicting a world wide food shortage next year. With food crops in Pakistan, Russia, China and elsewhere, having been decimated by drought and flooding, there will be less food exported by these countries. The price of food is expected to rise significantly. The last few weeks, the price of wheat has gone up by 25% I’m told. Some people have already started their food storage at home. It’s hard to imagine a time when things are so bad, that we have to rely on food storage to get us through the hard times, but most of us didn’t live through the Great Depression either.

Kage: Harris Predicts Food Shortage

LONDON: Large-scale crop failures are likely to become more common in the wake of climate change and lead to spiralling prices.


Rising temperatures could trigger events such as the wheat crisis in Russia this summer which pushed up food prices, researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Exter and the Met Office said.


Scientists warned that rising temperatures would make crops mature more quickly, reducing their yield, while extreme temperatures could also significantly reduce yields, according to the journal Environmental Research Letters.

Food prices may soar due to global warming






Grain prices surge as US slashes forecast

AIM said dry conditions early in the year and a plague of locusts followed by flooding along the banks of the Zambezi are to blame for the situation
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The local government had initially expected Mulima to bring in a harvest of 5,996 tonnes, but only 2,594 tonnes were harvested. The losses affect about 2,675 households.

More than 13,000 people face hunger in Mozambique's Chemba district

GUDINCHIN, Nigeria — After water nearly overtook his village in northern Nigeria, Ali Gudinchin jumped into the rushing flood with a knife, cutting away ears of corn from stalks barely rising above the muddy surface.


He ended up with only three sacks worth of food, compared to the 50-odd bags of grains and vegetables he typically grows during the arid region's brief fertile season.

Flooding in Nigeria worsens food shortage

NFC has not been able to transport food to the districts as roads connecting the districts have been obstructed in various places due to the rains and the government has not sanctioned money for transporting rice by helicopter

Western hilly districts face food shortage ahead of Dashain

Ominous clouds hang over Tanzania food supplies in the next four months due to the forecasted inadequate 'short rains' that is expected to hit 16 out of 26 regions and parts of Zanzibar and Pemba islands.

East Africa: Food Shortage Feared in Tanzania

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