The high global food price stems from the shortage of food supply. So why is the global food supply in short supply? Do you know the origin of the transitional period? The following small series sorts out the reasons for the continuous shortage of global food supply in 2022, I hope you like it!

Reasons for the continuous shortage of global food supply in 2022

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to push up food prices, and soft red winter wheat futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose for the third consecutive trading day, the first time since 2008. Wheat futures have increased by more than 30% since 2022. Paris milling wheat rose more than 9%, setting an all-time high in intraday trading.

Russia and Ukraine are important exporters of barley and wheat, and nearly 30% of China's corn and barley imports come from Ukraine. At the same time, due to the weather in the north last winter, China planted wheat late, which may lead to a reduction in production this year and a firm wheat price. Experts predict that in 2022, global food prices will still be in a high boom channel, and the planting and seed sectors may continue to benefit.

According to the theme library of Cailian, among the listed companies:

The seed products produced by Suken Agricultural Development Company mainly include rice seeds (mainly japonica rice seeds), wheat seeds, barley seeds and corn seeds.

The annual output of various crop seeds of Dunhuang Seed Industry Company is 654.38 billion kilograms; At present, there are 7 seed processing enterprises and 6 cotton processing enterprises, and the total processing capacity of seeds and cotton is 65,000 tons and 70,000 tons respectively.

food security

The food crisis means that there is something wrong with "food security", so what is "food security"?

The concept of food security was first put forward at the first World Food Summit held by FAO in June 1974 1 1. At that time, the definition was: to ensure that anyone can get enough food for survival and health at any time. 1983 in April, FAO defined the concept of food security for the second time: to ensure that all people can buy and afford the basic food they need at any time.

1996165438+1October, the second world food summit expressed the concept of food security for the third time: let all people enjoy enough food at any time and live a healthy and energetic life. This definition includes three aspects: adequate food (effective supply); Have the ability to get enough food (effective demand); And the reliability of both. Lack of any one or two of these three factors will lead to food insecurity.

Crisis status quo

According to the latest estimate of FAO, the number of hungry people in the world continues to decrease: from 20 12 to 20 14, it is estimated that about 805 million people suffer from food shortage for a long time, which is more than1000 million less than that of the previous decade and less than1990/992. The incidence of global food shortage decreased from 18.7% to1.3%, and that of developing countries decreased from 23.4% to 13.5%.

Since 1990- 1992, 63 countries have achieved the Millennium Development Goals, and 125 countries have achieved the higher requirements of the World Food Summit. Among 63 developing China countries, the incidence of food shortage in11990-92 countries is less than 5% (due to the limitation of methods, this figure ensures that the results are significantly different from zero), and has remained within this range, so it is no longer the primary concern of the 20 14 report.

These figures show that the hunger target in the Millennium Development Goals can be achieved, that is, the proportion of undernourished people in developing countries will be halved by 20 15.

Despite the overall progress, there are still huge differences between regions. Latin America and the Caribbean have made the greatest progress in strengthening food security, while sub-Saharan Africa and West Asia have made little progress under the influence of natural disasters and conflicts.

On August 2, 2020, a report jointly issued by FAO, IFAD, WFP and other institutions showed that the COVID-19 epidemic may lead to a significant increase in the number of hungry people in the world in 2020. This year, there will be10.3 billion hungry people, and 690 million people around the world will go hungry.