UN Secretary General: Rising prices for fertilizers threaten shortages of staple food crops

“Food prices have reached record highs.

Fertilizer prices have more than doubled, and this is alarming everywhere.

Without fertilizer, the deficit will cover everything - wheat, corn, basic food crops, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Guterres noted that billions of people in Asia and South America would feel a "devastating effect."

“And if this year we are talking about problems with access to food, then next year we will talk about the lack of food,” he expressed concern.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the opinion that the situation around fertilizers in the world will worsen as the sanctions imposed by the West increase.

Assistant to the President of Russia for Economic Affairs Maxim Oreshkin previously told RT that the crises observed in the food and fuel markets were the result of mistakes by the United States and Europe.

In particular, the "sanctions madness of the West" in recent months has led to this.