How the war in Ukraine is deepening the world’s hunger crisis (NPR)

NPR published an article and an audio interview stating that as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, hunger is beginning to affect more of the world. You see, Ukraine was dubbed the breadbasket for Eastern Europe during Soviet times. And then when the Berlin Wall fell at the end of the 1980s, Ukraine took on that role for even more of the globe. Ukraine is responsible for 10% of the entire world’s wheat supply. Add in Russia, and that number jumps to 30%. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said, “these are very major suppliers, and to have them out of the world market means that world prices will rise. Even beyond wheat, world prices are rising. “Roughly around two-thirds of sunflower seed oil, feed grain, so things like corn and barley.”