Telegraph.co.uk
By Malcolm Moore in
Last Updated: 7:28PM GMT 05 Feb 2009
We feel we to put this in some perspective
for our readers the man made global shortage for rice, wheat, corn and other
grains due in large part to Ethanol production continues as we first spoke that this would continue at
very least for two years, and more than likely into a third year. The world wide economic crisis has hit
communist china in the pocketbook hard, the earthquake in the south caused
extensive damage in rural and farming areas, so now to the north in 17
provinces comes this drought threatening 20% of china’s wheat harvest and
unknown number of cattle sheep pigs and ducks. For Chine to need to draw that
much food off the near empty global shelves could prove to be disastrous in
this harvest season as
We strongly advise again for believers to
put aside in a pantry dry food goods for expanding shortages.
The northern and central
provinces of
Both provinces are desperately
poor, and home to millions of migrant workers, many of whom have been laid off
by factories on
Roughly 3.7 million people and
1.9 million head of livestock do not have easy access to water.
President Hu
Jintao said that all efforts must be made to save the
summer grain harvest.
"With the drought reaching a
severity rarely seen in history, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief
Headquarters has called a level two emergency," China National Radio
reported. Level two is categorised as a
"serious" emergency on a four-stage scale, with level one being the
worst.
Some areas have seen no rain or
snow since November, while
Almost half of
The drought may also make birds
more susceptible to avian flu, scientists said. There have been eight cases of
bird flu in humans since the start of the year, six more than in the whole of
2008. The Food and Agriculture Organisation has
hinted that