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
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 its people. to you and me, this looks like the land of plenty. brazil is an agricultural powerhouse. it s farmers reaping the rewards of an insatiable china, and the demand is not letting up. thiago was brought up on the land, his whole li
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She says she has learned to manage climate change but the real difficulties have come in the past two years. translation: when the covid pandemic started, we began to have problems with shortages of raw materials. and that pushed up prices. we did not know how much it would cost to produce or how much the product would sell for, and then the war in ukraine, those difficulties just increased, especially with fertilisers. we started worrying if we d get enough for future crops. this is where anna stores her fertiliser, by far her biggest expense at the moment. last year, each of these bags cost £500. this year, when she plants her soya crop in october, this whole warehouse will be full of fertiliser, and of those prices have doubled. 85% of brazil s fertilisers come from abroad, and russia is an important partner.
Translation: when the covid pandemic started, we began to have problems with shortages of raw materials. and that pushed up prices. we did not know how much it would cost to produce or how much the product would sell for, and then the war in ukraine, those difficulties just increased, especially with fertilisers. we started worrying if we d get enough for future crops. this is where anna stores her fertiliser, by far her biggest expense at the moment. last year, each of these bags cost £500. this year, when she plants her soya crop in october, this whole warehouse will be full of fertiliser, and those prices have doubled. 85% of brazil s fertilisers come from abroad, and russia is an important partner. as long as the war continues, worries about getting enough