aimed at countering china s growing influence in the region. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the united nations world food programme has described russia s blockade of ukrainian ports as a declaration of war on global food security that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the world, food and energy crisis are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger and leading to whole country is going bust. sri lanka at first, but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. from southeast asia to the middle east, and it s also affecting the uk, too. with russia s war in ukraine making the supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here and across the world, accor
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. ukraine produces enough grain every year to feed 400 million people. along with russia, it exports one third of the world s entire wheat harvest or, at least, it should. but russia s blockade of ukrainian ports means millions of tonnes of grain are going nowhere, prompting the head of the un s world food programme to call it a declaration of war on global food security that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government, and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the world, food and energy crises are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger, and leading to whole country is going bust. sri lanka at first, but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. from southeast asia to the middle east, and it s also affecting the uk, t
ukraine produces enough grain every year to feed 400 million people. along with russia, it exports one third of the world s entire wheat harvest. or, at least, it should. but russia s blockade of ukrainian ports means millions of tonnes of grain are going nowhere, prompting the head of the un s world food programme to call it a declaration of war on global food security that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the world, food and energy crises are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger, and leading to whole countries going bust. sri lanka at first, but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. from southeast asia to the middle east, and it s also affecting the uk, too. with russia s war in ukraine making these supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here, and across the world, according to one of britain s top bankers. many of the conversation
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukraine produces enough grain every year to feed 400 million people. along with russia, it exports one third of the world s entire wheat harvest. or at least it should. but russia s blockade of ukrainian ports means millions of tonnes of grain are going nowhere, prompting the head of the un s world food programme to call it a declaration of war on global food security , that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the world, food and energy crises are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger, and leading to whole countries going bust. sri lanka at first, but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. from southeast asia to the middle east, and it s also affecting the uk, too. with russia s war in ukraine making these supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here, and across the world, accor
the united nations has warned the conflict in ukraine could send tens of millions into famine, at the same time, egypt s finance minister warns that millions could die globally because of the food price crisis. the war is directly affecting global food supplies, especially wheat, maize, barley and sunflower oil. eu agriculture ministers will meet in brussels today to review the current crisis. joining me now is sean rickard, independent economic analysis. thanks very much for being with us, just how serious a threat as the war on global food supplies in your view? it is supplies in your view? it is serious but supplies in your view? it is serious but they supplies in your view? it is serious but they think - supplies in your view? it 3 serious but they think we ought to take care not to exaggerate the situation. obviously ukraine is one of the world s largest exporters of wheat and oilseeds and its ability to export has been severely curtailed but the rise in prices refle