📊 EV’s Charts of the Week #76

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DEPT OF FOOD SHORTAGES

A world food crisis is building up
The war has sent shockwaves through the food commodity prices. FAO Food Price Index reached its highest levels in the first quarter of this year since its inception in 1990. According to FAO’s estimates, a prolonged war could lead to as many as 13 million undernourished people globally.

See also, farmer headaches: growing fertiliser prices, COTW#75.