摘要: |
The Russian invasion has paralyzed the Ukrainian port infrastructure, blocking exports of millions of tons of grain and other agricultural commodities, sparking fears of the worst global food shortage crisis in decades. At the beginning of August, the first bulk carrier was allowed to export grain from the Port of Odesa following an UN agreement made between Russia and Ukraine to lift the port blockade. Ukraine, the breadbasket of the world, grows enough food, mostly wheat and maize, and produces cooking oil to feed 400 million people. Edward Lucas, a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, said "Rocketing food prices, shortages, and hunger will make desperate people riot against their rulers and flee. The upheavals will be mighty, the suffering immense. So too will be the political consequences in the West," said Lucas. |