One part demand from developing 3rd world countries (esp "Chindia"); one part total supply from lower crops (drought, etc); one part available
supply due to speculative commodity ETFs taking commodities off the market (storage) and one part dollar priced commodity inflation. That about sums
it up (1+2+3+4)....not necesssarily equal parts tho.
Most of the famine stricken countries mentioned at the beginning of the thread were in a famine state due to war and government corruption.
There is enough arable land and resources for everybody but why use the billions in aid that are sent to these countries to feed people when they can
be used to subdue populations and control people?
Of course in the case of India, things were going along nicely until Monsanto got into their politicians pockets.
Read a book called 'Stolen Harvest'. It will show you in detail what's going on there.
Anybody who really cares about food shortages should read "The World According to Monsanto."