Russian-Ukrainian War already impacting global food supply (Fremont News Messenger) 

Fremont News Messenger (USA) published an article that stated concerns over how Vladimir Putin might respond to Western sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine has focused attention on Europe’s reliance on Russian energy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned the country “from the breadbasket of the world to breadlines,” a situation that will “have a global context impact beyond anything we’ve seen since World War Two. Prior to the war, IFPRI estimated (see the blog post, How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect global food security), that Russian and Ukrainian exports, together, accounted for 12 percent of all food calories traded in the world, including almost 30 percent of all wheat exports, 20 percent of all corn exports and over 80 percent of all sunflower oil.