How to feed the growing world population – economy

Beef from South America, apples from New Zealand, rice from Asia – those who shop in a German supermarket take home goods from all over the world as a matter of course. And gets the impression that food is always and everywhere available. German consumers rarely feel that this could not be the case. There was such a moment at the beginning of the pandemic, when flour and yeast were suddenly no longer in their usual place on the store shelf. Grain was never really in short supply, at least in this country the emergency was solely the result of irrational hamster purchases. What can easily be displaced in the rich countries of the West can have devastating consequences in poorer countries, where supply chains are usually much more fragile.