Oanh Ha

Because they can't afford the diesel for the tractors.

They can't afford the diesel for the water pumps.

Right.

That they need to cultivate the crops.

And some are actually choosing to leave crops rotting in the ground because they can't afford to harvest.

I mean, that's huge.

Right.

I want to stay on food for a bit.

You know, in Thailand, I was there in Bangkok just a couple of weeks ago and talked to our colleagues there.

I mean, they've done some really great reporting on how fishermen in Thailand are keeping their boats anchored because fuel eats up more than half of the cost of every trip.

So, you know, they basically can't raise the price of their catch, right?

So they're deciding not to go out.

And I wonder, to what extent should policymakers and leaders worry about this, you know, turning into a political problem, right, this ag issue?

And I guess with sanctions, I do wonder to what extent that the oil crunch would lead to the weakening of essentially one of the U.S.

's biggest non-military weapons, right?

Sanctions.

Now let's say the war ends next week.

How do you think the world has fundamentally been changed because of this war and how it's played out?

This is The Big Take Asia from Bloomberg News.

I'm Wan Ha.