How the Ukraine war is causing a worldwide food crisis - and what can be done
Between them, they are responsible for 53% of global trade in sunflower oil and seeds and 27% of the wheat trade, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development.
"Mykolaiv is on the Dnipro River and you can see quite clearly on satellite imagery that the Russians have a chain of barges across the river mouth, so that's pretty effectively blocked it off. And you can also see a Russian corvette that's lurking nearby. It's estimated that wheat provides 15% of the world's calories, according to World Atlas, with vegetable oil , providing a further 10% of the energy humans consume.
Experts say substantial rain will be needed by early June to allow those in large producing regions of the European Union's largest grain producer to pull through.Wheat prices have rocketed since the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development , as many as 25 African countries, including many least developed countries, import more than one third of their wheat from the two countries at war.In addition, the World Food Programme - which feeds some 125 million of the world's most needy - buys 50% of its grain from Ukraine.
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