Krisen i Syrien har konsekvenser for fødevareforsyningen i Jordan, Irak og Tyrkiet. Importen og eksporten gennem Syrien er afbrudt, og priserne på fødevarer stiger. Nye handelsruter og leverandører skal findes konkluderer analyse.
DUBAI, 18 October 2012 (IRIN): Arab countries import at least half of the food they consume, according to the World Bank, with trade moving from Turkey, Lebanon and Syria to more arid (regnfattige, red.) countries such as Jordan, Iraq and the Gulf countries.
Before the crisis, Syrian farmers were suppliers of vegetables, fruit and other food products – exporting nearly 2 million tons of vegetable products and 212.000 tons of animal products in 2010, according to the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics.
Up to one fifth of that went to Turkey and Iraq alone, according to Ayesha Sabavala, a Syria analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit.
But as the conflict drags on, exports are slowing, with violence reducing agricultural production, shutting down businesses, and disrupting trade routes.
“The fighting has prevented (forhindre, red.) food supplies from crossing into other countries,” Sabavala told IRIN.
“A lot of the transportation infrastructure has been hit quite badly. Even though there are some regions that are continuing to produce things like bread, transporting them to the rest of the country is proving to be a challenge.”
Syria is also a thoroughfare (gennemfartsområde, red.) for many trade routes in the region, now hampered by insecure border crossings, sometimes the scene of clashes between government and opposition forces.
More than 300.000 Syrians who have flooded into neighbouring countries have also increased the demand for food in local markets.
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