Financial Times published an article on how hunger has played a role in conflict over the years In many places. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, “It’s the spark that lights the fire.” Citing events in northern Africa in 2007-08 as well as 2011, when wheat prices were at record highs. High prices for yellow corn in 2007 forced livestock producers in Mexico to feed their animals white corn, which contributed to the so-called Tortilla Riots that year, he added.
Hunger and unrest (Financial Times)
July 15, 2021