5 minutes agoUN: Ukraine is moving from basket to bread collection
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Russian war in Ukraine could lead to the worst global food crisis since World War II. The warning came from the head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, who told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the month-long war had turned Ukraine away from the basket [...]
We're talking about a disaster of disasters, as Ukraine is passing from the breadbasket to the breadbath. We would never have imagined that something like that could happen. Not only is the region affected but we will have a global impact, something we have not seen since World War II”, David Beasley said. He also said 50% of wheat bought to feed 138 million people around the world comes from Ukraine, and warned that the organisation would have to reduce rations for war countries like Yemen.
The World Food Programme feeds 138 million people in more than 80 countries - from Ethiopia to Afghanistan, South Sudan to Yemen, Nigeria, Syria. But Putin's war is now increasing food safety costs and food and agriculture organisations estimate that another 13 million people may have trouble providing food due to the war in Ukraine.
Beasley added further that Ukraine and Russia jointly produce 30% of world grain supplies, 20% of corn and 75-90% of sunflower oil. But Moscow's offensive has forced farmers to turn to war fronts instead of dealing with crops. The World Food Programme warns famine crisis, destabilisation of countries and massive migration if the conflict continues.
