I wonder if food prices in your country have also increased?

[letteredhub]

Food prices will increase inline with oil pretty much, that would be one of the easiest ways to tell inflation in pricing is likely to continue.  Also fertilizer is another price to follow for cost of production but as I understand it food prices are rising because cost to produce is rising.  Generally the world is demanding more refined foods and a greater amount of meat means more demand for food to feed live stock, enough factors for prices to rise over a decade and thats what I expect.

And here in my country work is being done to increase the excise duty for petroleum products! Of course, this will affect the prices of all products and services... Inflation is unstoppable for now, and many steps taken by the state are counterproductive. In the meantime, some chain stores and some companies are recording a growth of +150%... compared to last year, and a much higher growth compared to two years ago. While people still work for $2 per hour, min wage.

The same problem is what we are facing down here in Nigeria, after the removal of fuel subsidy, which led to the hike of petroleum product. The cost of food price has never been stable,it increases evey week and it has made every other commodities to increase in price. Inflation is really a big problem to my country economy and the new government doesn't have any strategy that they can use to combat the situation. The poor are suffering more and the middle class, because those that are working for the government salaries is depreciating and no increment from the government, enable them coupe with it.

The case of Nigeria in this inflation saga is a peculiar one, peculiar in in the sense that the economy it is surrounded by a people in government that knows the solution to the economic downturn facing the country but decides to pay lips service to it. The government have practically refused to diversify the country's economy focusing and depending mainly on crude oil production for the sustainability of all sectors of the economy.
In the 50s, 60s and 70s Nigeria was well known for her agricultural productivity in all region's of the country there were groundnuts pyramid in the North , cocoa in the West and palm oil and fish production booming in exportable quantities but today all these are history. The agricultural produce are not sufficient to feed the citizens talk more of exporting, because the government has put all it's attention to crude oil since from the late part of the 70s when oil was discovered in the country.

China, Ukraine, India, Russia, USA and many other countries are not feeling the intensity of this global inflation brought by the covid-19 pandemic because they have a diversified economy cushioning the effects of inflation in prices of foodstuffs especially. But this can't be said of those countries that economies depends on one source for their GDP growth. When the price of a barrel of crude oil falls the GDP is nakedly affected, and that's not how an economy grows in this 21C.

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[TelolettOm]

when I see BLT recipients they don't use it according to their needs, most of them actually use it for consumptive needs, and this clearly doesn't help much to reduce the suffering resulting from the economic crisis. I think that the government and society are not in sync in conveying their intentions, but currently society seems to be forced to be friendly with the increase in basic prices in particular, until now the concern is the increase in the price of rice which is our staple food, hopefully we will all always be given health so that we can work to fulfill our daily needs, because the long dry season has made many people sick at this time

We can't blame the BLT recipients, the use it for consumptive needs probably because of certain reasons. I'm very sure that the government is aware about the potential misused of the BLT. But the government doesn't think too much about it, they keep applying that instant solution because they don't want to be busy thinking more effective solutions. Actually, the best solution is to provide decent jobs for the society. However, it must take more efforts and time, the government doesn't want to be complicated in providing the solution.

At the end of the day, we must find the solution ourselves. If we are aware about the potential crisis of foods, we must prepare the solution since today. Not only by finding more decent jobs for ourselves, we also need to try to fulfill our own foods by making simple agricultural fields (if it is possible).

It is difficult for small communities to reject the Government's decision to increase fuel costs, even though it is stated that there are wrong targets, deviations including gratification (corruption) must be sanctioned, and the Government must be responsible, not the people who are victims.

We have no choice, the government will never consider our rejection. The government probably has certain plans to increase the fuel costs. They won't take the responsibility, they will assume it is the responsibility of the society.

[Peanutswar]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

[Uruhara]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

[EluguHcman]

You could think the farmers are making whole lot of profits when they sells out their agricultural products at higher rate at the time of the drought, but likely did you not know that they have also invested more resources than usual such as increments in labors and materials and tools required in the farm making just to keep the plants growing productively despites the droughts challenges on ground affecting the fertility of the soil so of course, the farmers would also create that impact to make profits out of its sales because no investors ever craving for lost.

As for my country, we are undergoing inflation and there is  over 4 times multiplication increments in the goods and services across the nation.
You don't have to believe the investors are making more extra and higher profits at these processes whereas they purchases the goods on a higher price than before and of course, they should also sell  higher as long as the goal of the business is to make profits and not a charity affair. otherwise, the government sectors is the one being enriched on the process because they fails to provide an ease or alternative to the people instead they are focused at its comfortability.

[xSkylarx]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

Having funding for modern technology like harvesters can make the farmer save huge money and time, but you are right the government is not prioritizing them as they are more focused on building roads and modern buildings but we can't blame them as mostly this will be happening in 3rd world countries where everything still needs to be built. What I do hope is that they add more funding to farmers even just a little bit higher so that they will continue to plant more. Right now a lot of farmers are quitting and the outcome of this is that the prices of food will increase.

[fruktik]

Right now, it's not just food that has gone up, but fuel per liter has gone up again here. It seems like it's not enough to tell drivers not to drive cars so that they won't be affected by expensive fuel. Then, when it comes to food, it's enough to say that we people don't eat because of the price of the goods. But it's true what some say here: we need to find another way to earn money, not just one that knows how to budget but also one that increases the source of income apart from the job that we have.

What choice do we have? Give up that modest daily diet that leaves much to be desired? So you can stretch your hooves. This is where the option of finding an additional source of income comes in. There is a minus and a very big one - this is the amount of free time remaining. It should be distributed wisely and not wasted. It may not even be available for communication on the forum. Physical fatigue also takes its toll and you already have a desire to just rest when you come home all exhausted.
This is the case with multiple sources of work.
You need to find some kind of harmony in all this. How to do it? A good question to which very few people know the answer. Everyone's life situation is different. Living conditions also have an impact. There are quite a lot of variables in the equation.

Level of inflation risks by country:

[YUriy1991]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

I agree with this, although what the government has attempted to do by building infrastructure in the form of upgrading or building new ones such as roads, bridges and so on is also a priority. But, the basics must also be touched upon, of course. Today, many natural phenomena occur and one of them is the devastating floods in Libya with 2% of the Libyan population dead and missing (Condolences for this disaster). So, if we look at what is focused on, the main thing is basic fulfillment, health and then post-incident rehabilitation.

[asyakashi]

I think this is related to inflation. Of course, our country will also experience an increase in food prices. This is really bad for those who have low salaries in their jobs. they only run out of necessities to get a salary. I think this is the time to start thinking about investing to fight inflation.

[Pamadar]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

I agree with this, although what the government has attempted to do by building infrastructure in the form of upgrading or building new ones such as roads, bridges and so on is also a priority. But, the basics must also be touched upon, of course. Today, many natural phenomena occur and one of them is the devastating floods in Libya with 2% of the Libyan population dead and missing (Condolences for this disaster). So, if we look at what is focused on, the main thing is basic fulfillment, health and then post-incident rehabilitation.

It should be, aside from infrastructures, there should be additional aid that the government should be preparing, like with what happened currently in Libya. it's an un-plan disaster that needs to address or to anticipate.

We can't control everything and same with the government, the inflations affects the prices of the basic needs
additional concern that should also be taking care of the government to help, especially those poor communities
who really need help the most.

[slapper]

You could think the farmers are making whole lot of profits when they sells out their agricultural products at higher rate at the time of the drought, but likely did you not know that they have also invested more resources than usual such as increments in labors and materials and tools required in the farm making just to keep the plants growing productively despites the droughts challenges on ground affecting the fertility of the soil so of course, the farmers would also create that impact to make profits out of its sales because no investors ever craving for lost.

As for my country, we are undergoing inflation and there is  over 4 times multiplication increments in the goods and services across the nation.
You don't have to believe the investors are making more extra and higher profits at these processes whereas they purchases the goods on a higher price than before and of course, they should also sell  higher as long as the goal of the business is to make profits and not a charity affair. otherwise, the government sectors is the one being enriched on the process because they fails to provide an ease or alternative to the people instead they are focused at its comfortability.

You've brought up an important point: people often think wrongly that higher prices automatically mean more money for the producer. I totally agree. When the weather is bad, the farmer has to spend more money and time just to stay even. The cost of labor goes up, and watering systems might need to be updated. At the same time, the land becomes less fertile.

The economy is not easy, is it? We often forget, though, that these farmers and businesses are the backbone of the whole economy, while policymakers sit back in their comfort zones. Government intervention can be both good and bad. Sometimes it helps, but other times it just wastes money and doesn't help people or producers in any real way

[Furious 7]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

In this case I think it depends on the country itself that prioritises an aspect. When in an agricultural country, it is important to do the best for agriculture because this will be very helpful even though sometimes there are some countries that do not see this but for developed agricultural countries such as Japan, they actually do very good things for agriculture, especially after the tsunami that devastated their country even for now Japan enforces agriculture as one of the important sectors in the country's economy and is a great source of income for farmers.

But for agrarian countries that are still in the development stage sometimes do not really see agriculture as an important sector and lack of attention even though it is one of the things that is very good to be utilised.
So in this case I think it depends on the country's policy when talking about this because we cannot equalise all countries in policies towards agriculture.

[Mahanton]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

In this case I think it depends on the country itself that prioritises an aspect. When in an agricultural country, it is important to do the best for agriculture because this will be very helpful even though sometimes there are some countries that do not see this but for developed agricultural countries such as Japan, they actually do very good things for agriculture, especially after the tsunami that devastated their country even for now Japan enforces agriculture as one of the important sectors in the country's economy and is a great source of income for farmers.

But for agrarian countries that are still in the development stage sometimes do not really see agriculture as an important sector and lack of attention even though it is one of the things that is very good to be utilised.
So in this case I think it depends on the country's policy when talking about this because we cannot equalise all countries in policies towards agriculture.

Government does still have a role when it comes to their economic situation specially on prices of goods and other stuffs which if they do saw that there's some possible shortage then exportation should be halted because we know that if the consumption overall is high but the supply is less then you would really be expecting on higher price or increasing which there's no sense that if the government would really be deciding on continuing those exportation which it is one of the few conditions or situations which does shows that government decisions and laws could really give out such impact in overall. Somewhat there are some commodities or areas which cant really be totally be stopped specially if its value is really basing up on market value.They would normally be that be adjusting basing up on where they could really be able to have that profit margin out of those suppliers of foods or simply with those goods. Therefore, as a citizen who does have that struggling on food prices or other commodities then it would really be just that common sense or wise thing to be thinking up of
on having another source of income on which it could really make you that able to sustain and afford on whatever things you wanted to purchase on and not only limited to food only but also in other things.

[macson]

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I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

the elected government of every country is obliged to take care of their citizens, otherwise why would we elect them.

anyway, the development of road infrastructure must also be balanced with the attention given by the government to agriculture because good infrastructure can provide fast access to distribution.  

Let's just look at what the Chinese government is currently doing, they have food reserves that are large enough and are estimated to be able to support all of their citizens in the next few years, but infrastructure development in their country is also in line.  in third world countries, what i noticed is that the government is only busy enriching itself, development and agriculture don't get equal attention so they only rely on exchanges from foreign countries.

[taufik123]

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Our current government is only focused on the election of the new President bro.
Our economy is getting worse and society is divided into groups that attack each other.

When economic inequality cannot be addressed there are many negative things that happen.
Life is not worth living and those in leadership are just watching.

As for increasing employment, that's still quite far from reality.
There is a lot of unemployment and those who finish high school do not necessarily get a job.

The government is not very prosperous for farmers, they prefer to import foodstuffs rather than foodstuffs from their own country.

[Uruhara]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

In this case I think it depends on the country itself that prioritises an aspect. When in an agricultural country, it is important to do the best for agriculture because this will be very helpful even though sometimes there are some countries that do not see this but for developed agricultural countries such as Japan, they actually do very good things for agriculture, especially after the tsunami that devastated their country even for now Japan enforces agriculture as one of the important sectors in the country's economy and is a great source of income for farmers.

But for agrarian countries that are still in the development stage sometimes do not really see agriculture as an important sector and lack of attention even though it is one of the things that is very good to be utilised.
So in this case I think it depends on the country's policy when talking about this because we cannot equalise all countries in policies towards agriculture.

Well I understand what you mean. And indeed all countries cannot make the same policies in this matter. Because the advantages possessed by each country are different. Like Arab countries which focus on oil mining and import exports needed in that country. This is different from countries that have natural wealth and soil fertility which is definitely dominated by the agricultural sector. And in Asia, there are many developing countries that actually have fertile land and agriculture can help the country's finances if it is developed. But some countries ignore their natural wealth and instead focus more on sectors that are not really their field. They focus on building electric car facilities, for example. But on the one hand, their agricultural sector is really not advanced and is still far behind developed countries.
But it would be very good if the agricultural sector and other sectors were given balanced attention.

In Japan, for example. I think in Japan Agriculture and education are priorities. They really appreciate the agricultural sector there. There, technological advances have also been developed to pamper farmers with tools that make it easier for farmers to manage land. And this should be emulated by developing countries. Developed countries can become developed because they balance technological progress to advance agriculture and all sectors that benefit their citizens and the country. Balance is what is required in this case. Technological progress and agriculture must coexist and cannot be separated.

Because technology should be needed to increase the efficiency of increasing food supply in life. Such as helping farmers to have more food yields in a short time.

[Sithara007]

Here in India, food prices are quite unstable at the moment. For example, a couple of weeks back, the price for tomato went up to $2.5 per kg. But now they are trading for $0.30 per kg. Similarly, sunflower oil a few months ago used to cost $10 per 5 liter bottle. The same now costs just $6. The same pattern can be observed for most of the fruits, vegetables and even for fish and meat. I am not sure why this volatility is there. Ever since the NDA government came to power in 2014, prices used to be stable. This is the first time we are witnessing such volatility.

[Uruhara]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

Having funding for modern technology like harvesters can make the farmer save huge money and time, but you are right the government is not prioritizing them as they are more focused on building roads and modern buildings but we can't blame them as mostly this will be happening in 3rd world countries where everything still needs to be built. What I do hope is that they add more funding to farmers even just a little bit higher so that they will continue to plant more. Right now a lot of farmers are quitting and the outcome of this is that the prices of food will increase.

So true. Agriculture just needs to be given more attention by the Government. Although the development of public infrastructure is also important, such as better road access which can make transportation easier for transporters and the like. But still don't let Agriculture be forgotten. Because after all, food security is what must be number one. Because if a food crisis occurs then the government will have to face more difficulties, especially the lower classes. And the increase in prices is also a sign of reduced food supply in the market, which makes prices soar even more. But I also understand that on the one hand, the government builds road infrastructure for the good of its citizens. But I hope there is a balance in this.

[xSkylarx]

Like in other country price here n the Philippines continuously rises due to the government not supporting too much the agriculture field they keep wasting a lot of money on the confidential funds Sometimes it's also with the government how they manage their community instead of doing an action to the people of the community here in us we are suffering with the poor politics and corrupt people.
Even not pandemic this happen reason why there's no changes here with the management unlike into the other world countries.

I think the agricultural sector is often not a priority in a country. Because there is always a lot of funds for building roads and the like rather than for helping agricultural land such as making modern irrigation and so on. In fact, farmers are rarely helped in obtaining modern tools for farming. Even the price of fertilizer is also getting more expensive. Likewise in animal husbandry. Feed prices are getting more expensive. But we also can't completely complain about this to the government. Because we ourselves are also responsible for ourselves and the sector we enter. But I also hope that the agricultural sector can be given better attention by every government in the world. Because food is the main thing in this world to support life.

Having funding for modern technology like harvesters can make the farmer save huge money and time, but you are right the government is not prioritizing them as they are more focused on building roads and modern buildings but we can't blame them as mostly this will be happening in 3rd world countries where everything still needs to be built. What I do hope is that they add more funding to farmers even just a little bit higher so that they will continue to plant more. Right now a lot of farmers are quitting and the outcome of this is that the prices of food will increase.

So true. Agriculture just needs to be given more attention by the Government. Although the development of public infrastructure is also important, such as better road access which can make transportation easier for transporters and the like. But still don't let Agriculture be forgotten. Because after all, food security is what must be number one. Because if a food crisis occurs then the government will have to face more difficulties, especially the lower classes. And the increase in prices is also a sign of reduced food supply in the market, which makes prices soar even more. But I also understand that on the one hand, the government builds road infrastructure for the good of its citizens. But I hope there is a balance in this.

The sad truth is that it is not balanced. I do see more that there are new roads built so that they can arrive at their destination in less time but still those farmers are still the same, they even take out a loan so that they can plant crops. There are private sectors that are helping farmers but still they aren't big.

The government can try to regulate the price of fertilizer which almost all of the farmers want to make cheap because even if they don't have a farm-to-market road they will still be able to transport their crops to the market.

[YOSHIE]

But I was wondering if this only happened in my country or in your country too?

Maybe if you look at international news, the disasters felt by the people in each country vary, from an economic perspective, drought, floods and so on, However, in general, Indonesia is currently experiencing a crisis ranging from crop failure, drought, rising basic commodities and so on.

But it's different from what happened to the Middle East, Europe, etc., it seems that if we examine it from the food side, it probably almost has an impact on basic needs, the economy is in disarray, I hope that in the future the economy can improve, especially Asia.