The continuing Russia-Ukraine war affects farms and food production within Ukraine, but also influences other parts of the world. “We were already in a challenging period; even before the invasion of Ukraine, prices were rising for food, fuel and fertilizer,” said Rob Bertram, chief scientist at the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Resilience and Food Security. He said the invasion “really affected the availability of key foods, especially wheat and vegetable oil, sunflower oil, in particular, that were heavily exported out of Ukraine.” He added the war is tough on countries heavily dependent on wheat from...

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