Breadbasket to Bread Lines: Global Food Security After the Invasion of
Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine has set off another round of price
increases for basic foodstuffs, including grains (notably, wheat) and cooking
oils such as sunflower oil. As the invasion continues into the spring planting
season, the effects could easily become dire, explains a new Policy Brief by
the Committee for Economic Development, the Public Policy Center of The
Conference Board.
As the analysis points out, before the invasion Ukraine produced up to half of
the grain used in the UN’s World Food Programme. The US and Canadian growing
seasons, and the ability of exporters such as India to step up rapidly and
continue exporting through the summer, will be major factors in determining how
deep the global food crisis will become and how many lives it will affect.
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