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Wheat and barley shortage: How Russia-Ukraine war triggered a global food crisis

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Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley, more than 70% of its sunflower oil and are big suppliers of corn.

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  1. WMUR

    EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis? (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    World food prices were already climbing, and the war made things worse. Here's a look at the global food crisis.

  2. FOX 5 New York

    Wheat and barley shortage: How Russia-Ukraine war triggered a global food crisis (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley, more than 70% of its sunflower oil and are big suppliers of corn.

  3. Portland Press Herald

    How did invasion trigger a food crisis? (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley.

  4. NBC New York

    EXPLAINER: How Did the Russia-Ukraine War Trigger a Food Crisis? (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world.”

  5. Al Jazeera

    How did the Russia-Ukraine war trigger a global food crisis? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley and more than 70 percent of its sunflower oil.

  6. Washington Times

    How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis? (opens Washington Times)

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    Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.

  7. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    How the Russia-Ukraine war triggered a food crisis (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    400 million people worldwide rely on Ukrainian food supplies.

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