{"id":32712,"date":"2023-02-05T21:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-food-crisis-we-buy-ourselves-out-of-news-vestland\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:30:56","slug":"the-food-crisis-we-buy-ourselves-out-of-news-vestland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-food-crisis-we-buy-ourselves-out-of-news-vestland\/","title":{"rendered":"The food crisis we buy ourselves out of – news Vestland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the apartment in Nairobi, Kenya, Gorgian plays. But her stomach rumbles. Mum and dad are teachers. They live in a block of flats outside the slum. Even with two normally good jobs, the money didn’t stretch. Because the price of food has risen sharply. Just like in Norway. Then the parents have to step in. From three to two meals per day. – We only have flour in the cupboard now. We used to have a stock of food. Now we can’t afford to fill up, says mum Lourine Asango. Photo: Vegard Tj\u00f8rhom \/ news The food crisis we buy our way out of We in Norway notice that food has become quite a bit more expensive. But in parts of the world there is a full-blown food crisis. 350 million people are at risk of starvation. The highest number in modern times. Expensive gas has produced expensive artificial fertiliser. Drought and drought have produced poor crops. There is war in Ukraine. Next year may be the first year in which the farmers of the world cook less food than what humans need. It is a silent crisis. In Norway, the headlines are about our own food prices. If the current support is large enough. Because Norway gets the food we need. news has spoken to those who monitor the market. There will be no supply crisis. We are among the countries with the most on account. But it has its price. There are others who also need food on the table. Human food becomes animal food Boatloads of grain arrive in Africa. To those who are missing the most from before. A boat with grain from Ukraine arrives in the Horn of Africa on 30 August last year. Photo: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM \/ Reuters But such boatloads go all over the world. As for the Common Market in Stavanger. Fully loaded with peas from the Baltics. This is how the world market works. Boat with peas on its way to Felleskj\u00f8pet Rogaland Agder. Photo: Kristoffer Apall \/ news But the peas should not become human food in the first place. They go via the stomachs of Norwegian livestock. Norway imports more and more food that becomes animal feed. Twice as much as 20 years ago. In 2022, we bought 900 million kilograms from abroad. Most are halibut, maize, rapeseed and soya. An auction is taking place for food in the world. Large companies trade on international exchanges. Prices are pushed up when it starts to become scarce. From the hold on the boat, the peas are pumped over to the warehouse in Stavanger. Photo: Kristoffer Apall \/ news Of course this does not only apply to Norway. The rich part of the world can afford food. The poor cannot afford enough food. Photo: Vegard Tj\u00f8rhom \/ news Father Michael Asienyo buys food at the market in Nairobi. Before, three tomatoes cost 80 \u00f8re. Now the price is doubled. – The tomato sellers say they can only trust God. The lack of rain has also made production worse, says Michael. At the same time, the government will increase Norwegian food production. How can we achieve this without importing even more animal feed that could instead become food for others? The Norwegian farmer Farmers all over the world must provide people with food. One of these is Solfrid Utheim Rygg. Photo: Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes \/ news In Hyen in Nordfjord, she and her husband Bj\u00f8rn Petter run organic chickens. Their cows are milked on the setra in the mountains. Everything to operate as sustainably as possible. Down in the narrow valley, there is not enough grass for all the cows. Therefore, the animals go on mountain pastures, to save on grass for winter fodder. This is how they make the best possible use of nature. Photo: Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes \/ news It is hard work. Morning and evening the cows must be collected from the mountain. In the autumn, they can go far away from the setra to find the best grass. It is almost dark before they arrive. Photo: Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes \/ news The 7,500 organic hens can go in and out of the barn freely. Photo: Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes \/ news But the hens also need tons of organic concentrate. Made from foreign raw materials. In the last year, feed has become NOK 600,000 more expensive. Straight out of the couple’s account. In addition, there is an overproduction of eggs in Norway. Times are tough. When they check the prices, they only see increased expenses. Photo: Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes \/ news There is a paradox in the middle of a food crisis. Because the animal food is used to make far too many eggs. Egg throwing Last year, 530 tonnes of eggs in Norway were instead used for pig feed. There are about 8.5 million eggs. 700,000 egg cartons never made it into our fridges. – I think it is absolutely terrible. There are others who starved. Absolutely horrible, says Solfrid. Photo: Asgeir Heimdal Reksnes \/ news Now Nortura, which monitors the market, has found a kind of solution. 13 Norwegian egg farmers will be paid to take a break for a year. NOK 850,000 each. To not do anything. – It may seem like a strange measure, but this is both effective and reasonable, says Nortura to news. And now people in Norway are saving money on food. That is why we buy fewer more expensive organic eggs. Last winter, Bj\u00f8rn Petter and Solfrid were told by Nortura to stop using organic hens. Then they have to carry on with normal egg production. – It is difficult, but we hope in the long term that we can continue organically, says Bj\u00f8rn Petter. In any case, they will let the hens go outside in the spring. Garden has had hens since the 60s. 20 years ago they invested, built a new barn, and gradually decided to farm organically. There was no overproduction then. With a loan on the farm, it’s not just about quitting either. He is quite clear: – There must be a stop to more and more new egg producers. It is not just eggs that are destroyed in Norway. Every day, 1,200 tonnes of food goes in the bin. Food that no one had time to eat, or that we didn’t feel like eating. Enough food for 1 million people. Consumers throw some away, other food is thrown away by the shops or the industry because they are unable to sell it in time. Norway to make even more food The government wants Norwegian farmers to increase production. We must become more self-sufficient. The UN is skeptical about whether this is sustainable. It doesn’t matter how we do it. – Norway does not have the best geography and climate to increase food production in a sustainable way, says Monika Tothova of the UN’s Food Organization (FAO) to news. The UN believes that Norway’s most important contribution is more gas to make artificial fertiliser. Cheap fertilizer will increase the production of food in the world. But the Minister of Agriculture believes that the UN is wrong about the capacity of Norwegian agriculture. She thinks there is a solution. – Norwegian farmers must produce more grain, says Agriculture Minister Sandra Borch (Sp). Norwegian livestock must have concentrated feed. The aim is to avoid buying so much from abroad. The farmers have long wanted more Norwegian grain and vegetables. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum \/ NTB It has gone the opposite way. We use 20 percent less of the topsoil for grain today than 30 years ago. Farmers in the grain area grow grass for milk and meat instead. Because it is more profitable. Reversing the trend can be costly. This year the government did something that disappointed the grain farmers. A new move they believe goes in the wrong direction of the goal. The government invented the gold card. The state will subsidize the purchase of food for concentrate from abroad with NOK 170 million. – An interim measure to keep the price of Norwegian food down at a time of abnormally high prices internationally, assures the Minister of Agriculture. It’s all about the food prices Back in Nairobi, Michael has done away with the trade. Photo: Vegard Tj\u00f8rhom \/ news Before they bought eggs quite often. Now they have almost stopped. Only when they absolutely need it. At home, bread and peanut butter are served. The hospitable family also wants news’s \u200b\u200bjournalist to get food. Photo: Vegard Tj\u00f8rhom \/ news Life is about completely different things than throwing eggs and Norwegian agricultural affairs. But something is similar to Norway: Everywhere people talk about food prices. At work. With veins. It’s about informing each other, and forewarning the families. And as a Norwegian echo: – There is probably no hope from the authorities. The politicians are just hoping that we will get used to the high prices, says Michael. But still so far away: He recently lost his mother. Only afterwards did the family realize that too little nutrition was probably the cause. He simply feels unwell to only be able to afford two meals a day. – You just have to change your setting, but the feeling is really bad. Hi! Do you have a tip about this topic that you think we at news should look at? Send me an email.
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