Global Food Crisis: Expert Warns of Shortages Amid Spiraling Costs for Farmers

Food shortages are on the cards for Britain as the cost of farming spikes due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

Farmers both in Britain and beyond are facing increased costs thanks in large part to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, which has led to supply shortages in fertiliser and other essential resources, in turn driving up the costs of operation.

As a result, some are fearing that this increase in costs will result in shortages in a number of foodstuffs in Britain, with farmers being driven out of the industry as a result of supermarkets not being willing to pay enough for farming to produce food at break-even point.

According to a report by the Daily Mail, citizens have already been hit with shortages to do with a lack of sunflower oil — almost the whole global crop was grown in Russia and Ukraine before the war intensified again this year — but may soon also see other products become scarce on the shelves.

“We are talking about rationing sunflower oil today, but it could be other products soon,” the publication reports food policy professor Tim Lang as saying. – READ MORE