U.S. buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions: U.N.
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S. buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions: U.N.

The Hindu  

The United States is stepping up to buy about 1,50,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. The keenly awaited first aid ship from Ukraine is carrying 23,000 metric tons of grain, enough to feed 1.5 million people on full rations for a month, Beasley said. Particularly since these are their neighbors, these are their brothers, their family.” He asserted the World Food Program could save “millions of lives” with just one day of Gulf countries’ oil profits. Despite grain leaving Ukraine and hopes rising of global markets beginning to stabilize, the world’s most vulnerable people face a long, difficult recovery, the WFP chief said. “Even if this drought ends, we’re talking about a global food crisis at least for another 12 months,” Beasley said.

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Halted Ukraine grain deal, funding shortages rattle UN food aid programs
1 year, 5 months ago

Halted Ukraine grain deal, funding shortages rattle UN food aid programs

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A halted landmark grain deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to flow to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, along with donor’s fatigue, is rattling the operations of the United Nations food agency, its deputy executive director said Tuesday. “What we have to do now is to look elsewhere of course,” Carl Skau, deputy executive director of …

Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to 6 African countries
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to 6 African countries

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Vladimir Putin told leaders and officials from most African countries Thursday that Russia is making every effort to avert a global food crisis despite concerns that its withdrawal from a deal allowing grain shipments from Ukraine will cause price spikes. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also said Russia’s promise to donate grain to African nations …

Ukraine’s Zelenskky says Russia blackmails world with food access
1 year, 5 months ago

Ukraine’s Zelenskky says Russia blackmails world with food access

Al Jazeera  

Zelenskyy said the export of grain from Ukraine’s seaports should continue despite Russia’s withdrawal from the deal. Describing the need to be protected from “Russian madness” following Moscow’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal on Monday, Zelenskyy said the export of grain from Ukraine’s seaports should continue – with or without Russia’s participation. Ukraine’s exports provided food security for …

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world
1 year, 5 months ago

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world

LA Times  

Russia has suspended a wartime deal designed to move grain from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry. The International Rescue Committee calls the grain deal a “lifeline for the 79 countries and 349 million people on the frontlines of food insecurity.” Losing millions of tons of food from Ukraine at a time when many countries …

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world
1 year, 5 months ago

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world

The Hindu  

Agreements that the United Nations and Turkey brokered with Ukraine and Russia to allow food and fertilizer to get from the warring nations to parts of the world where millions are going hungry have eased concerns over global food security. The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed 32.8 million metric tons of food to be exported from Ukraine since last …

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world
1 year, 5 months ago

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia's war matters to the world

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed 32.8 million …

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world
1 year, 5 months ago

Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world

Associated Press  

LONDON — Russia has suspended a wartime deal designed to move grain from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the U.N. and Turkey, has allowed 32.9 million metric tons of food to be exported from Ukraine since August, more than half to developing countries, according to the Joint …

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises food safety concerns
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises food safety concerns

The Hindu  

Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country’s Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling. Russian intentions If the deal isn’t extended, “the countries that had relied on Ukraine for their imports …

Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Concerns are growing that Russia …

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

Associated Press  

LONDON — Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country’s Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling. If the deal isn’t extended, “the countries that had relied on Ukraine for their imports …

Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal, in a boost to global food security
1 year, 7 months ago

Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal, in a boost to global food security

LA Times  

Russia has agreed to extend a deal that allows Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkey’s leader announced Wednesday, in a boost to global food security after the war launched more than a year ago drove up prices. “With the efforts of our country, the support of our Russian friends …

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022
1 year, 8 months ago

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

Associated Press  

ROME — More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The report found that that the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — …

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says
1 year, 8 months ago

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says

LA Times  

More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The report found that the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — had increased for …

World Food Program chief: Somali famine slowed, not avoided
1 year, 11 months ago

World Food Program chief: Somali famine slowed, not avoided

Associated Press  

DAVOS, Switzerland — The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany have allowed it to postpone — though not entirely avert — famine in Somalia but stressed that “we’re not out of this yet.” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said countries in the Horn of Africa have faced …

Hunger Pangs: How Russia's war in Ukraine is starving the world
2 years ago

Hunger Pangs: How Russia's war in Ukraine is starving the world

Firstpost  

An enduring global food crisis has become one of the farthest-reaching consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine, contributing to widespread starvation, poverty and premature deaths. “We’re dealing now with a massive food insecurity crisis,” Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said last month at a summit with African leaders in Washington. “It’s the product of a lot of things, …

25,000 tons of Ukraine grain reach east Africa amid drought
2 years, 1 month ago

25,000 tons of Ukraine grain reach east Africa amid drought

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The first shipment of grain as part of Ukraine’s own initiative to supply countries in need arrived in Djibouti Monday for delivery to neighboring Ethiopia amid the region’s worst drought in decades. Ukraine’s embassy in Ethiopia confirmed that the “Grain from Ukraine” shipment of 25,000 tons is separate from a United Nations World Food Program effort that …

EXPLAINER: What Russia's suspension of grain deal with Ukraine could mean
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: What Russia's suspension of grain deal with Ukraine could mean

India TV News  

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia has suspended its part of the deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain from its Black Sea ports safely amid a monthslong war, and it appears that the remaining partners are now left to take their chances. On Monday, Ukraine said a dozen ships had sailed despite initially reporting that more than 200 vessels, many loaded and ready …

Global food concerns rise as Russia halts Ukraine grain deal
2 years, 2 months ago

Global food concerns rise as Russia halts Ukraine grain deal

LA Times  

The ship Navi-Star, loaded with grain, waits in July to depart from port in Odesa, Ukraine. Biden warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a United Nations-brokered deal to allow safe passage of ships carrying grain from Ukraine, one of the world’s breadbaskets. The U.N. negotiated that deal, and that should be the end of it.” …

UN optimistic on Ukraine grain deal; Russia has reservations
2 years, 2 months ago

UN optimistic on Ukraine grain deal; Russia has reservations

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — A senior U.N. official said Wednesday he is “relatively optimistic” the deal for returning Ukrainian grain and Russian grain and fertilizer to world markets will be extended beyond mid-November, but Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Moscow needs to see movement on its own exports first. We’re working hard.” Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine cut off shipments of …

October 25, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
2 years, 2 months ago

October 25, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

CNN  

Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has cast doubt on the future of a UN-backed grain deal, saying there is a “lot of work” to do before the agreement can be renewed next month. Lavrov said Moscow wanted the UN to provide evidence that the exports, which must pass through a monitoring center in Istanbul, are being directed to the world’s …

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

The Hindu  

The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. “The hungry people of the world are counting on us, and … we must not let them down.” Mr. Griffiths said …

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. David Beasley, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, told the U.N. Security Council that the 345 …

Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ukraine’s president says tons of grain from his country will arrive in the coming weeks in Somalia, where famine approaches and the global crises of food security and climate change put millions at risk. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s comment came as Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the West of sending most of the grain from Ukraine’s reopened ports …

Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical
2 years, 4 months ago

Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s comment came as Russian President Vladimir …

UN: US buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions
2 years, 4 months ago

UN: US buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions

Associated Press  

BULLA HAGAR, Kenya — The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. The keenly awaited first aid ship from Ukraine is carrying 23,000 …

War brings desperation and danger to Ukraine’s farmers — and the world feels the pain
2 years, 5 months ago

War brings desperation and danger to Ukraine’s farmers — and the world feels the pain

LA Times  

A farmer shows his grain in the village of Ptyche in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in June 2022. Before the war, Ukraine exported an average of 430,000 tons of sunflower oil per month, making it responsible for roughly 42% of the world’s supply; its disruption spiked the price per metric ton by 50%. I’ve never seen anything that …

Ukraine grain shipments offer hope, not fix to food crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine grain shipments offer hope, not fix to food crisis

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A ship bringing corn to Lebanon’s northern port of Tripoli normally would not cause a stir. The Razoni, loaded with more than 26,000 tons of corn for chicken feed, is emerging from the edges of a Russian war that has threatened food supplies in countries like Lebanon, which has the world’s highest rate of food inflation — a …

First grain ship leaves Ukraine: What, where and why it matters
2 years, 5 months ago

First grain ship leaves Ukraine: What, where and why it matters

Al Jazeera  

Departure of vessel carrying 26,000 metric tonnes of corn raises hopes of easing growing global food crisis. A vessel carrying Ukrainian grain has left the Black Sea port of Odesa for the first time since Russia’s invasion in late February. The deal signed last month on reopening blocked Black Sea delivery routes to export grain and other agricultural goods is …

How the Ukraine invasion, fertiliser and fuel crises and climate change combine to create a world hunger problem
2 years, 5 months ago

How the Ukraine invasion, fertiliser and fuel crises and climate change combine to create a world hunger problem

ABC  

The ripple effects of concurrent crises are leading the world on a path to crushing hunger — and the possibility of more war. "Wheat is a staple product in the diets of so many," Rabobank grains analyst Cheryl Kalisch Gordon says, "20 per cent of the world's calories come from wheat and in some parts of Africa and the Middle …

Grain exports may not reach pre-war levels, Ukraine warns
2 years, 5 months ago

Grain exports may not reach pre-war levels, Ukraine warns

The Telegraph  

"We continue technical preparations for the launch of exports of agricultural products from our ports," Oleksandr Kubrakov, the infrastructure minister, said in a Facebook post. But on Sunday the foreign ministry said: "In the seaport of Odesa…sea-based high-precision long-range missiles destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse of Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied by the United States to the Kyiv …

‘A catastrophe for the world’: Ukraine’s farmers try to save harvest
2 years, 5 months ago

‘A catastrophe for the world’: Ukraine’s farmers try to save harvest

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We survived the war and occupation, but can we …

‘A beacon of hope’: Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deals
2 years, 5 months ago

‘A beacon of hope’: Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deals

LA Times  

A cargo ship is anchored in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul waiting to cross the Bosporus strait. The deal will enable Ukraine — one of the world’s key breadbaskets — to export 22 million tons of grain and other agricultural products that have been stuck in Black Sea ports due toRussia’s invasion. “A deal that allows grain to leave …

Putin’s ‘food terrorism’ in Ukraine war leaves millions facing famine in Africa
2 years, 5 months ago

Putin’s ‘food terrorism’ in Ukraine war leaves millions facing famine in Africa

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vladimir Putin’s forces are using “food terrorism” as a weapon …

Anxiety grows for Ukraine's grain farmers as harvest begins
2 years, 5 months ago

Anxiety grows for Ukraine's grain farmers as harvest begins

Firstpost  

Before Russia’s invasion, Ukraine could export 6 to 7 million tons of grain per month, but in June it shipped only 2.2 million tons, according to the Ukrainian Grain Association Zhurivka, Ukraine: Oleksandr Chubuk’s warehouse should be empty, awaiting the new harvest, with his supply of winter wheat already shipped abroad. The war has trapped about 22 million tons of …

Anxiety grows for Ukraine’s grain farmers as harvest begins
2 years, 5 months ago

Anxiety grows for Ukraine’s grain farmers as harvest begins

Associated Press  

ZHURIVKA, Ukraine — Oleksandr Chubuk’s warehouse should be empty, awaiting the new harvest, with his supply of winter wheat already shipped abroad. The war has trapped about 22 million tons of grain inside Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a growing crisis for the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe” for its exports of wheat, corn and sunflower oil. …

Famine threatens wide swaths of world, now worsened by Ukraine war
2 years, 6 months ago

Famine threatens wide swaths of world, now worsened by Ukraine war

LA Times  

Somali children show symptoms of a severe protein malnutrition this month in Mogadishu, Somalia. “The current food security challenge that we’re facing due to these three Cs: climate, COVID, and conflict,” said Ramin Toloui, assistant secretary of State for economic affairs, one of several Biden administration officials tasked to food-security issues. “But what we know is this: We know that …

UN chief warns of 'catastrophe' from global food shortage
2 years, 6 months ago

UN chief warns of 'catastrophe' from global food shortage

India TV News  

Highlights United Nations chief warned that world faces “catastrophe” because of growing food shortage globally He said UN negotiators were working on a deal that would enable Ukraine to export food Russia exported as much wheat in May and June this year as in the same months of 2021 The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world …

EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?

Associated Press  

LONDON — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. World food prices were already climbing, and the war made things worse, preventing some 20 million tons of Ukrainian grain from getting to the Middle …

Food shortages: Why Russia is being accused of using food as a weapon of war
2 years, 6 months ago

Food shortages: Why Russia is being accused of using food as a weapon of war

CNN  

CNN — Russia’s war in Ukraine could push up to 49 million people into famine or famine-like conditions because of its devastating impact on global food supply and prices, the United Nations has said, in the latest dire warning over food insecurity. Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports has already raised global food prices and threatens to cause a catastrophic food …

Global hunger calls for a collective action
2 years, 6 months ago

Global hunger calls for a collective action

Live Mint  

The world system that feeds humankind has been under stress for the past two years. The Russia-Ukraine war strangled crucial sources of supply, as these two countries contribute 28% to world wheat exports and 15% to world maize exports. Eleven countries account for 70% of global wheat production: China and India for 31%, Russia and Ukraine for 15%, the US, …

UN report: Ukraine war is increasing suffering of millions
2 years, 7 months ago

UN report: Ukraine war is increasing suffering of millions

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are increasing the suffering of millions of people by escalating food and energy prices and worsening a financial crisis, coming on top of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, a U.N. report said Wednesday. Global Crisis Response Group said the war “has exacerbated a global cost-of-living …

Reports of Russia stealing Ukraine grain 'credible', says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
2 years, 7 months ago

Reports of Russia stealing Ukraine grain 'credible', says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

India Today  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave support Monday to reports that Russia has stolen grain from Ukraine for resale, even as Moscow blocks the country from exporting its own corn. that Russia is pilfering Ukraine's grain exports to sell for its own profit," Blinken said at a State Department conference on food security issues arising from the invasion of …

Russia is trying to sell you stolen grain, US warns African nations
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia is trying to sell you stolen grain, US warns African nations

The Telegraph  

The US has warned drought-stricken African nations that Russia is attempting to sell them stolen grain, presenting them with a choice between feeding their population or endorsing war crimes in Ukraine. Officials in Washington last month alerted 14 mostly African countries that Russian cargo vessels were leaving ports filled with looted Ukraine food. The diplomatic cable, first reported by the …

Grain supply tops Putin’s talks with African Union leader
2 years, 7 months ago

Grain supply tops Putin’s talks with African Union leader

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — The chairman of the African Union, Senegal’s President Macy Sall, told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the fighting in Ukraine and Western sanctions had worsened food shortages, and appealed to other countries to ensure grain and fertilizer exports aren’t blocked. Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has urged the West to lift sanctions imposed over its …

Ukraine war ‘aggravating’ existing global food crisis, UN warns
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine war ‘aggravating’ existing global food crisis, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

‘Food is available,’ Luca Russo, the FAO’s lead analyst for food crises, tells Al Jazeera. As the cost of food soars around the world, the United Nations warns that the war in Ukraine risks aggravating inflating prices and causing a full-on global food crisis. Luca Russo, the FAO’s lead analyst for food crises, told Al Jazeera that as Russia’s invasion …

Far from Ukraine, food prices and hunger rise in Africa because of the war
2 years, 7 months ago

Far from Ukraine, food prices and hunger rise in Africa because of the war

LA Times  

It now costs Ayan Hassan Abdirahman twice as much as it did just a few months ago to buy the wheat flour she uses to make breakfast each day for her 11 children in Somalia’s capital. Conflict, the climate crisis, COVID-19 and surging food and fuel costs have created a perfect storm — and now we’ve got the war in …

War in Ukraine adds to food price hikes, hunger in Africa
2 years, 7 months ago

War in Ukraine adds to food price hikes, hunger in Africa

Associated Press  

MOGADISHU, Somalia — It now costs Ayan Hassan Abdirahman twice as much as it did just a few months ago to buy the wheat flour she uses to make breakfast each day for her 11 children in Somalia’s capital. Conflict, the climate crisis, COVID-19 and surging food and fuel costs have created a perfect storm — and now we’ve got …

As the war grinds on, the world looks for a way to get Ukraine’s grain out
2 years, 7 months ago

As the war grinds on, the world looks for a way to get Ukraine’s grain out

LA Times  

Russia pressed Thursday for the West to lift sanctions imposed because of its war in Ukraine, claiming without proof that the punitive measures are preventing millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products from leaving Ukrainian ports, exacerbating a global food crisis. “This food crisis is real, and we must find solutions,” World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said …

World Food Program chief presses billionaires ‘to step up’
2 years, 7 months ago

World Food Program chief presses billionaires ‘to step up’

Associated Press  

DAVOS, Switzerland — The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying he’s seen encouraging signs from some of the world’s richest people, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Eurasia Group and DevryBV Sustainable Strategies presented the report at …

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