Instead, no less than 29 food - exporting countries responding by
banning food exports and kept their crop production for a hungry domestic market.
Not exact matches
Foodstocks are continuously piling up but so are the number of people without access to adequate
food, those suffering from hunger and starvation, while in the meanwhile there has taken place a major decline in the quality of
food available to the people, thanks to the excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, more so in the poorer countries as the more hazardous pesticides are
banned in the rich countries and both
exported to and dumped in the poor countries.
This toxic pesticide is
banned in a few EU countries but may sneak into
exported processed
foods — and let's face it, what doesn't contain wheat these days?
Though Russia is ranked 115 out of 163 nations surveyed and classified as a medium - risk country, the recent heatwave's impact on grain production and the nation's
ban on grain
exports, combined with a 25 % decrease in Canadian grain production in June, due to flooding, is causing fluctuations in commodity prices, in turn increasing
food insecurity in the most vulnerable nations.
That means when something like extreme weather events reduce crops and / or cause people to
ban exports, then the price of
food has to run up pretty high to have an impact on demand, which is devastating to poor people.
When grain prices took off in 2007 - 08, some grain exporters such as Russia and Viet Nam restricted or even
banned exports in hopes of keeping their domestic
food prices from spiraling out of control.
As grain -
exporting countries restrict or even
ban exports to keep domestic
food prices from spiraling out of control, importing countries are losing confidence in the market's ability to supply their needs.
This began in late 2007 when wheat -
exporting countries, like Russia and Argentina, attempted to counter domestic
food price rises by limiting or
banning exports.