“Adults skip meals to feed children.”
Due to the war in Ukraine, one in five Ukrainians has to cut or skip meals, including to feed their children. This was announced by the UN in its official blog on Twitter.
“Ukraine. In a country that used to grow food for 400 million people worldwide, one in five now says it has to cut back on food intake and adults, while adults skip meals to feed their children,” the statement said. UN.
We will remind, earlier in the UN it was noted that Russia's war against Ukraine breaks supply chains and causes sharp rise in prices.
According to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Russia's invasion of Ukraine could provoke mass starvation and the collapse of the global food system .
The scale of rising prices could mean that more than 40 million people in the world will find themselves in extreme poverty , according to the American non-profit organization Center for Global Development.
According to the FAO, Ukraine is the world's fifth largest exporter of wheat, accounting for 10% of the global market. The country is also one of the leading suppliers of corn with a market share of around 15%.
The threat of global famine was announced on March 22 by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Speaking on video to the Italian parliament, he recalled that the country “has always been one of the largest exporters of food”, but the current situation hinders the sowing campaign.
