Analysis: Patchwork fixes to Ukraine grain shortfall leave world vulnerable a year into war


  • World
  • Monday, 13 Mar 2023

FILE PHOTO A combine harvests wheat in a field near the village of Zghurivka amid Russias attack on Ukraine in Kyiv region Ukraine August 9 2022.  REUTERSViacheslav MusiienkoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A combine harvests wheat in a field near the village of Zghurivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Musiienko/File Photo

(Reuters) - A patchwork of fixes and increased crop plantings around the world to counter the impact of war in Ukraine on global grain supplies are not enough to ward off further risks of disruption.

Extensive damage to Ukraine's farm sector and uncertainty that the UN's grain export corridor deal will be renewed this month suggest food prices may remain elevated, increasing the potential of hunger if other problems arise, agriculture experts warn.

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