2022-05-25, 02:03 AM
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'Food nationalism'
The conflict continues to have far-reaching consequences.
The world faces the worst food crisis in decades following the invasion, the UN has warned. In Asia, an agriculture expert highlighted concerns about the potential rise of "food nationalism".
India has banned wheat exports, Indonesia has blocked overseas sales of palm oil and now Malaysia says it will cut the export of chickens from the start of June because of shortages locally.
Slaughtered chicken at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur
"The government's priority is our own people," Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
Sonia Akter, an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, said "food nationalism" was the result of governments feeling that they have to "protect their citizens first and foremost".
"From the previous experience of the 2007-2008 food crisis, it is expected that more and more countries will follow suit, which will exacerbate the crisis as well as the food price inflation," she added.
The war is also affecting the costs of goods in the UK - read our special report on why the cost of chicken is rising.
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'Food nationalism'
The conflict continues to have far-reaching consequences.
The world faces the worst food crisis in decades following the invasion, the UN has warned. In Asia, an agriculture expert highlighted concerns about the potential rise of "food nationalism".
India has banned wheat exports, Indonesia has blocked overseas sales of palm oil and now Malaysia says it will cut the export of chickens from the start of June because of shortages locally.
Slaughtered chicken at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur
"The government's priority is our own people," Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
Sonia Akter, an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, said "food nationalism" was the result of governments feeling that they have to "protect their citizens first and foremost".
"From the previous experience of the 2007-2008 food crisis, it is expected that more and more countries will follow suit, which will exacerbate the crisis as well as the food price inflation," she added.
The war is also affecting the costs of goods in the UK - read our special report on why the cost of chicken is rising.
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