IFAD, WFP call for sustainable commitments to address food crisis in West Africa (HumAngle) 

HumAngle published an article that said the present food crisis is said to be due to limited food production, and barriers to regional trade, among others, which could be directly linked to the ongoing war in Ukraine that is disrupting global food trade. An analysis by IFPRI (see IFPRI blog post, West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict) stated that although the region imports relatively little food from Russia and Ukraine, the region still faces rapidly growing impacts from the war. This includes spiking food prices, and disruption in markets for cereals and other commodities, including fertilizers and fuels.  The challenge for West Africa is the indirect effects of higher world prices. Food security in the region has been deteriorating since 2015, however, before the Russia-Ukraine crisis, West Africa was seeing an economic recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 but with the rising global prices, this recovery has been threatened.