at the capitol building in washington injanuary last year, when supporters of donald trump tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to president biden. the congressional committee has spent almost a year investigating the attack. now on bbc news, counting the cost. millions of people around the world are facing increasingly difficult decisions amid rising food and energy costs. the world bank has warned the war in ukraine is set to cause the largest commodity shocks since the 1970s, with the price of wheat, cotton and natural gas affected, set against a backdrop of global supply disruptions because of covid lockdowns, and the effects of climate change on crop yields, many people are facing a fall in living standards and it is pushing many to the edge of crisis. our correspondents around the world have been looking at the challenges faced by many different countries and we start here in brazil, one of the world s largest agricultural exporters, now struggling to feed it
And africa. these rich, alluvial soils make the central plains of thailand one of the world s most productive rice growing areas. these fields can grow three crops a year, quite literally feeding the world, but to do that, they need a lot of fertiliser, and at current astronomical prices, the business of rice farming here is barely viable. bunchuay showed me the notebook in which she keeps track of her debts. she still owes the equivalent of around £400 from last year and with global rice prices quite low and fertiliser still rising, she is even less likely to cover her costs after this yea r s harvests. everything that you ve spent. we followed bunchuay to where she buys her chemicals. these have been an essential part of the so called green revolution which has brought spectacular improvements in food production