Almost four and a half million tons of grain are blocked in the ports of Ukraine, declared Representative of the UN World Food Program Martin Frick. Products cannot be exported due to closed sea routes against the background of the Russian military invasion.
Before the war, Ukraine was one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and a producer of corn. Many countries depend on the supply of Ukrainian wheat, the UN notes.
“Hunger should not be a weapon,” Frick said. He called for the resumption of Ukrainian food supplies to other countries in order to alleviate the global food crisis.
On May 1, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine decided to close the seaports of Berdyansk, Mariupol, Skadovsk and Kherson until these territories were freed from the Russian military. The decision was made due to the inability to serve ships and passengers, carry out cargo, transport and other related economic activities.
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Back in early April, the UN declaredthat prices for food commodities such as vegetable oil and cereals hit record highs, up more than 12 percent. This has been a record since 1990.
The reason for the sharp rise in prices is mainly due to “massive supply disruptions” associated with the war in Ukraine.
Soaring food prices and supply disruptions from Russia and Ukraine have threatened the food situation in the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia, where the population is chronically undernourished and where millions of people survive on subsidized bread and cheap noodles.
