A confluence of factors is stoking fears that shortage of rice supplies could mark a return to a broad increase in the prices of other food commodities in Asia.
  • Pons_Aelius
    3•1 year ago

    Just a reminder: The Arab Spring kicked off due to protests about a spike in food prices, then grew from there.

    • @dukeGR4
      1•1 year ago

      from wikipedia. Arab Spring is caused by:

      • 2000s energy crisis
      • Authoritarianism
      • Absolute monarchy
      • Demographic structural factors
      • Human rights violations
      • Inflation
      • Kleptocracy
      • Political corruption
      • Poverty
      • Sectarianism
      • Self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi
      • Unemployment

      inflation is just one of many factors.

    • @ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      1•1 year ago

      Food insecurity was also a principle cause in the recent revolutions in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. “No society is more than 3 missed meals away from revolution.”