Associated Press (London) published an article on how grain is not leaving the Black Sea Region, threatening shortages, hunger, and political instability in developing countries.
This means food is even farther from those that need it. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said, “Now you have to go all the way around Europe to come back into the Mediterranean. It really has added an incredible amount of cost to Ukrainian grain.” Glauber added that Ukraine has only been able to export 1.5 million to 2 million tons of grain a month since the war, down from more than 6 million tons. Countries like Somalia, Libya, Lebanon, Egypt, and Sudan are heavily reliant on wheat, corn, and sunflower oil from the two warring nations. “The burden is being shouldered by the very poor,” Glauber said. “That’s a humanitarian crisis, no question. Governments of developing countries must either let food prices rise or subsidize costs.” Republished in USA News, CTV News (Canada), National Observer (Canada), Financial Post, Al Jazeera, Times of India, Baltimore Sun, Naharnet (Middle East), Wink News (Florida, USA), Business Insider (India), Spectrum News, Borneo Bulletin, Union-Bulletin (Washington, USA), and a dozen other media outlets.