War in Ukraine can increase world hunger

Ukraine and Russia are two main exporters of basic food products, and war has already hit production.

Beasley said the situation risks causing hunger among more people.

Only when you think hell on earth can't get any worse, it becomes”, Beasley said.

Russia and Ukraine export about one quarter of the world's wheat and half of the sunflower products, such as seeds and oil. Ukraine also sells a lot of corn.

Speaking of the BBC, Beasley said that the number of people facing possible hunger worldwide has increased in the last four years from 80 million to 276 million, due to conflict, climate change, and the pandemic of the Coronavirus.

He said some countries could be affected especially by the current crisis, due to the high percentage of cereals imported from the Black Sea region.

In this regard, he mentioned Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Tunisia.

The “is simply an unbelievable change of reality”, he said.

Russia has begun its invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. The West has imposed some severe sanctions on the Russian state. / REL