19 minutes agoUN alert: Reopen Ukrainian ports or risk hunger in the world
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(4 years ago)The UN World Food Programme says people worldwide will die of hunger if Ukraine's Black Sea ports do not reopen soon. “We need to open these ports so that the food can move in and out of Ukraine. The world demands this because hundreds of millions of people [...]
“We need to open these ports so that the food can move in and out of Ukraine. The world wants this because hundreds of millions of people worldwide depend on these supplies,” W executive director said. FP, David Beasley.
The Ukraine's wheat capons are full right now. ”
The WFP is concerned that if the hatches are not empty soon, there will be nowhere to preserve this summer's harvest, causing massive waste and further increasing global food prices.
Earlier today, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said 25 million tonnes of grain are currently blocked in Ukraine, while its Black Sea ports are closed.
Since February, the country, one of the world's leading corn and wheat producers, has been limited to exporting grain by train. /abcnews.al/
