Countries at risk of food shortage, the weather owes everything

While in Poland we complain about the low prices of vegetables paid to farmers and sometimes even problems with selling them in some countries, the real face of hunger is promising. The list of such countries includes, among others China and North Korea. The weather is to blame for everything Weather disasters turn out to be the main cause of food shortage in the two above-mentioned countries. According to the TwójPogoda.pl website, also this year the most numerous nation in the world is again on the brink of a catastrophe. The extreme downpours that hit the province of Shantung, known as the Chinese granary, have led to a sharp decline in the supply of vegetables, the prices of which are sometimes higher than that of pork. Rainstorms and floods also significantly limit the extraction of energy resources, which has led to massive interruptions in electricity supply to millions of households and workplaces. The prices of coal used in power plants have reached record levels. In the ...