FAO statistics about the negative impact of the Red Sea crisis on food
| The director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Moscow says that the Red Sea crisis caused by the attacks in Yemen has led to an increase in food prices worldwide. |
report Mehr News Agency Oleg Kubyakov, director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, referring to the continuation of Yemeni attacks in the sea, was quoted by Tass. Red and Tange Bab al-Mandab, in support of Palestine, said that this crisis had an impact on the global food trade and caused an increase in the price of food.
Kubiakov stressed: The blockade of the Bab al-Mandab strait and the Red Sea by Ansarullah has had a negative impact on the global food trade. Is. The cost of renting a ship to travel along this route has almost quadrupled, while cargo traffic has decreased by 30%.
The senior FAO official also pointed to the reluctance of the world’s major shipping companies to deliver their goods through the Red Sea. He stated: This issue has disrupted the supply chain. The owners of the cargo ships are forced to go through a complicated route and force the ships to pass through the Cape of Good Hope in order to travel between Asia and Europe. This route is 8,000 kilometers longer and it takes 10 to 14 days to travel, and in addition, the cost of purchasing additional fuel adds an average of 15% to the total costs.
He added: As a result, food prices will increase. This issue will lead to food inflation and a decrease in the economic efficiency of producing goods for the final consumer.
Kubiakov continued the perspective presented by Maximo Torrero, the chief economist of the FAO at the World Forum on Food and Agriculture in Berlin. shared and said: There are increasing risks in the Red Sea and the Black Sea, and the decrease in the water level in the Panama Canal has created risks; A channel that is considered a vital water passage for us in the transfer of goods all over the world.
Following the escalation of the Gaza war and the extensive attacks of the Zionist regime on this strip, the Yemeni national forces announced that with Attacks on ships affiliated with or belonging to Tel Aviv will prevent their traffic in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait, and these attacks will continue until the end of the war and the blockade of Gaza. The Yemeni army has so far attacked dozens of ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and disrupted the maritime security of this waterway.
