VN Express (Viet Nam) published an article stating that the war in Ukraine has blocked grain transportation routes, disrupted fertilizer supply chains, and "poured fuel into the fire" of the global food crisis, according to experts. David Laborde, a senior research fellow, also said that more than 20 million tons of food trapped in Ukraine is worrying, but this is only one of the factors. contributing to the high food prices globally. "It would be an exaggeration to say that freeing the trapped food from Ukraine helps solve the current crisis. We need to take a balanced approach and avoid oversimplification." According to him, if parties like Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey reach an agreement to lift the blockade of the Black Sea and reopen the seaports, it will be a move to calm the situation and send a positive message for the future. However, freeing more than 20 million tons of food in Ukraine will not be enough to help prevent a global food crisis, because food insecurity is caused by many factors. "We still face high grain prices and the food crisis does not go away if the war in Ukraine is not resolved," he said. "As the fighting drags on, Ukraine's farmland and infrastructure are destroyed, and farmers have to join the army instead of farming, we will still be short of a vital part of the global market for food."
