Sustainable Food Systems for a Crisis-proof Society

The invasion of Ukraine entails rapid price increases not only for energy, but also for food. Ukraine is one of the world's top agricultural producers - it produces 11 percent of the world's wheat and more than 50 percent of sunflower oil. The freezing of trade relations between many countries and Russia and the disruption of value chains for fertilizers and animal feed are leading to further shortages and price increases. The war thus also leads to a crisis of food systems in a globalized world. Many observers fear a massive impact on global food security. This will probably pose major problems, especially for poor countries that rely on food imports. And in Germany, too, rising food prices will hit people on low incomes disproportionately harder.