Ukraine and Russia together produce 30% of the world’s wheat supply. It contributes 20% of the global corn supply, and 75 to 80% of sunflower seed oil.
The United Nations food coordinator warned on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was threatening the global food supply. He said the global impact would be the most severe the world had seen since World War II, and that the invasion had created “a disaster on top of a catastrophe.”
Many farmers from Ukraine, sometimes referred to as the “breadbasket of the world,” have left their farms and fight Russian soldiers amid already soaring food prices.
David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that his agency had already begun cutting rations due to rising food, fuel and shipping costs for millions of families around the world.
– Selena Tibor
Contributing: The Associated Press
