(Istanbul News) The Russian and Ukraine War has lasted for more than 10 months. The global grain crisis caused by its extensive famine, poverty and premature deaths caused by it expanded.
The United Nations World Food Program estimates that more than 345 million people are suffering or facing the risk of serious unsafe grain, which is more than doubled in 2019.
Before the outbreak of the war, wheat exports in Russia and Ukraine accounted for a quarter of the world.After the outbreak of the war, Russia's maritime blockade caused Ukrainian farmers and grain to be unable to export.After Moscow, it was forced by pressure to allow a small part of Ukraine's exports of wheat and corn, but it continued to bombard the Ukraine's energy network, causing the farm and grain loading and unloading terminal to be paralyzed and paralyzed.
Russia also restricts its own grain exports and pushes high export prices.In addition, the world's largest exporter of chemical fertilizers also stops exports of chemical fertilizers, which worsen the situation.
The New York Times reported that the United States and allies are trying to assist Ukraine to transport agricultural products abroad through land.
U.S. Secretary of State Brosky said in a meeting with African leaders in Washington last month: "We are trying to deal with large -scale grain crisis. We all know that this is the result of many factors, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
High -quality grain and high prices have caused unbearable pain in Africa, Asia and America.US officials said that Afghanistan and Yemen, which were raised by war.
Due to soaring costs, it is difficult for Egypt, Lebanon and other countries to repay the debt and other expenses of imported food.Even in wealthy countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, inflation that has intensified due to war has made poorer people full.
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Before the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War, the popularity of crown diseases caused the interruption of supply chain. In addition, the world's main grain -producing countries, the United States, Brazil and Argentina for three consecutive years, and have pushed food prices to the highest level in more than 10 years.The weakening of the exchange rate of currencies against the dollar in many countries has also led to less grain procurement in these countries in the international market than in previous years.
Menkel, the president of the climate and agricultural data platform of food prices and agricultural data platform Gro Intelligence, said: "There are many structural problems, and the war makes the situation worse."
Last year, food prices around the world have risen, and the increase in the Middle East, North Africa and South America is particularly large.
Menkel said: "The price of everything is rising, from 60%from the United States to 1900%of Sudan."
UN data show that in the past six months, food prices have fallen from the peak of spring, but they are still much higher than previous years.It is expected that food prices will rise next.
New Year pointed out that a uncertainties facing farmers this winter are the rise in chemical fertilizers.Fertilizer is one of the biggest costs of farmers, and they will pass the cost by increasing the price.In addition, they will reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, which will lead to decline in yield and push the price of grain.
