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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)
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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining...

There's a war in El Niño? What does that even mean? I thought El Niño was a weather thing, not a location.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're probably joking, but in case you're not or anyone else is confused;

There are three reasons listed for the price skyrocketing:

  1. The Indian rice export ban

  2. The war in Ukraine

  3. El Niño

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No no no... The war in Ukraine and El Nino are combining. Someone figured out how to weaponize the weather for use in the war.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Oxford commas forever. Commas save lives, people!