How the War in Ukraine is Creating a Global Food Crisis

<p>Ukraine and Russia are enormous producers of wheat, corn, barley, sunflower oil and fertilizer. One study calculated that the two countries accounted for 12 percent of the world’s calories.</p><p>With Ukraine under attack and Russia hit with strict sanctions, a huge supply of food is suddenly trapped — with Africa and the Middle East particularly imperiled.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jack-nicas?smid=pc-thedaily">Jack Nicas</a>, the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times.</p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>An<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/world/americas/ukraine-war-global-food-crisis.html"> increase in world hunger</a> could be one of the repercussions of the war in Ukraine.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>