First it was the fear of Corona virus followed by the Russian army attack on Ukraine, which shook the world in different ways. The world came to a standstill point for almost two years during the lockdowns. As for the Russian war, hopefully that too will end one day. But humanity will still be in trouble, as the threat of climate change remains there, which is not likely to slow down in near future. Wars and military actions only exacerbate climate change. For example, due to the presence of the Indian Army on the high glaciers of the Himalayas on the Pakistan border, the ice keeps melting, which disturbs the environmental balance in the Himalayan region. The United Nations panel report on climate change says that emission of greenhouse gases has increased by 14%. Developed countries have a big role in deteriorating the situation.
The continuous emission of greenhouse gases puts a question mark on the future of plants, animals and humans. The existence of all the flora and fauna on earth is dependent on each other. This interdependence is called ecosystem. The balance of the ecosystem deteriorates due to the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases. For example, due to the excessive use of pesticides in agriculture, 75% of the world’s insect moths have been destroyed, which are food for birds. Due to the elimination of insects, birds are not able to get food, due to which their population is rapidly declining. Similarly, the extinction of ponds and natural water bodies is killing the species of small animals like frogs and tortoises. The existence of snakes is in danger in the absence of frogs. The loss of any one organism in an ecosystem means that other species that depend on it will die. Due to this imbalance in nature, the life of humans is also in danger.
Since, the world is passing through a major crisis; our daily life is also getting affected. For example, the cooking oil prices have gone up in the wake of war, but prices are expected to remain stable in the coming days. The production of oilseeds is expected to be good in the country this year, hence the supply of mustard oil and soybean oil is expected to be satisfactory in the approaching months. According to the news being received from the agriculture sector, the production of mustard in the country is expected to increase by 40 lakh tonnes, due to which the supply of mustard oil will increase by 15 lakh tonnes. Soybean production has also improved.
India consumes about 18 lakh tonnes of cooking oil every month. Even before the Russian attack, 1.6 lakh tonnes of sunflower oil from Ukraine had left for India. Our country also imports edible oil from countries like Argentina, Malaysia and Indonesia. According to the edible oil industry, there is a month-long stock of sunflower oil in India. Meanwhile, if the Ukraine war ends, the cooking oil situation will return to normal here. Even if there will be some shortage, it can be compensated by palm oil, cotton seed oil and groundnut oil.
