Russia has suspended a wartime deal designed to move grain from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, has allowed 32.9 million metric tons (36.2 million tons) of food to be exported from Ukraine since…
An excavator loads grain into a cargo ship at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, on April 26, 2023.Russia has suspended a wartime deal designed to move grain from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry.
Both countries are major suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other affordable food products that Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia rely on. Ukraine is also a huge exporter of corn, and Russia of fertilizer—other critical parts of the food chain. No new ships have joined the initiative since June 27, and Ukraine blames Moscow. The last vessel left Ukraine on Sunday.The deal helped bring down global prices of food commodities like wheat that hit record highs after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Some companies have been wary of doing business with Russia because of sanctions, but Western allies have made assurances that food and fertilizer are exempt. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin last week proposing to ease transactions through the agricultural bank, a spokesperson said.
Losing millions of tons of food from Ukraine at a time when many countries are increasingly reliant on imported food because of conflict and drought, “will result in inaccessibility and unavailability of food but also will increase prices and impact affordability for households,” Shashwat Saraf, the group’s regional emergency director for East Africa, said in an interview Monday.
It can send its food by land or river through Europe, but those routes can handle lower amounts compared to sea shipments and their use has stirred anger in neighboring countries.
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