Grain shortfall from Ukraine war exacerbates food insecurity in Africa (Yahoo Sport)

Yahoo Sport published an article stating that in an effort to cover wheat shortages following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, African countries are looking to other sources, or trying to use local-based alternatives in order to provide bread each day. However, this is also causing a spike in food prices. Research fellow Kibrom Abay said, “What is coming immediately is an increase in price, which will have an impact on the government’s fiscal budget. This means an increase in price on wheat and other products, and has an impact on poor households too.” He added, “While Egypt has enough wheat until September, the government is trying to source from other places such as India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and Romania.” Egypt is the world’s largest wheat buyer. “What we can expect to see in Yemen is likely to differ from what we expect to see in Egypt and Sudan. I think the best solution in this type of crisis is to allow commodities to move freely as much as possible so that the big shock we see in other markets cannot completely disrupt the whole food system.”