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The Worlds Food Crisis is About to Get Worse

The Worlds Food Crisis is About to Get Worse

After six months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine – two farming powerhouses – a teetering global food system was plunged into a full-blown catastrophe, leaving millions of people facing starvation. The war between Russia and Ukraine is already fueled by climate change, soaring living costs, and a fertilizer price hike that is causing the most extreme global food crisis we have seen in decades. A U.N. brokered agreement to reopen the Black Sea for food ships may not be enough to relieve millions of people struggling to eat across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

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