The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, has
warned “The conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, with
catastrophic impact on the world’s poorest.
Ukraine and Russia are both major exporters of basic
foodstuffs and the war has already hit crop production, driving up prices. Mr Beasley said it was putting more people on
the list of starvation worldwide.
"Just when you think hell on earth can't get any worse it does," he said
Russia and Ukraine, called the breadbasket of Europe, export about a quarter of the world's wheat and half of its sunflower products such as seed and oil. Moreover, Ukraine also sells tons of corn globally.
Analysts have warned that war could impact the production of grains and even double global wheat prices.
Mr Beasley told BBC Services's Business Daily programme that the number of people facing potential starvation worldwide have alreday risen to 275 million .
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