Thread by @JimBair62221006

'It's not just harvests in the U.S. that are suffering — worldwide grain inventories are "dwindling"'

#ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #foodtwitter
yahoo.com/news/extreme-h…

And it's not just the crops:

“We are seeing a lot of despair right now, a lot of fear, a lot of anxiety" 

“We've got a lot of multi-generational farmers that are worried, ‘Am I going to be the one this year that can't make this farm last and sustain?’"

mprnews.org/story/2021/08/…

One current example:

'Kazakhstan expects its 2021 grain crop to contract by 24% to 15.3mn tonnes amid the major drought across much of Eurasia that has hit main grain producing regions'

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intellinews.com/kazakhstan-set…

Iraq & Syria-

'13 aid groups working in the region warned that over 12 million people in Syria & Iraq are losing access to water, food and electricity calling for quick action to tackle the imminent water crisis emerging from climate change'

#MiddleEast
indiatoday.in/science/story/…

“The total collapse of water & food production for millions of Syrians and Iraqis is imminent”

'In Iraq, large swathes of farmland... have already been depleted of water. Wheat production is expected to go down by 70% because of the drought'
#foodtwitter
indiatoday.in/science/story/…

'Canada, the world’s biggest canola grower and a major wheat producer, forecasts a 26% drop in supplies of its main crops as drought ravages output and inventories shrink.'

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