UN warns Ukraine war could cause global food crisis | DW News
May 19, 2022
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as posted by the channelUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a global food crisis which has been exacerbated as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Guterres said Ukraine and Russia together produce almost a third of the world's wheat and barley and half of its sunflower oil, and Russia and its ally Belarus are the world's number two and three producers of potash, a key ingredient of fertilizer. The secretary-general said the number of people facing severe food insecurity has doubled in just two years from 135 million pre-pandemic to 276 million today.
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