as the rainy season begins again, a little earlier, i could speak to david labord from the international food policy research institute in washington d. c. and he explained to me how the war in ukraine has increased. the strains on the global food supply, it's a serious problem, especially because we start from a situation where a global inventory is we are low, a foot price where increasing seems early last year. so we really didn't need the slack of supply of is here. and, and you credit and risha present to one 3rd of the global market for wheat, even if you just 5 percent of the global predictions or, you know, some countries, all countries in the world are threatened by the situation with countries that rely on the world markets are and beyond grange, you also have to visit to bill oil and also to fetch laser coming from your chest. a foot system is really impacted by the situation. so all this, russia has restricted its own exports that you just mentioned, fertilizers as well, is russia now deliberately worsening a global food crisis. you thing. 1 may be note, i mean that in all fo

as the rainy season begins again, david labord is an expert on food security at the international food policy research institute in washington d. c. and he joins us now from there. now, 4 and a half 1000000 tons of grain are said to be stuck in ukraine because russia is blocking the countries pause. that sounds like a lot put this into perspective for us. is this a big problem globally? it's a serious problem, especially because we start from a situation where a global inventory is we are low, a full price where increasing scenes early last year. so we really didn't need miss . lack of supply of is here and, and you can reach, i represent one 3rd of the global market for wheat, even if you just 5 percent of the global predictions or, you know, some countries, all countries in the world are not threatened by the situation with countries that rely on the world markets are and beyond grange. you also have to visit to but all, and also to fetch laser coming from a wood foot system is really impacted by the situation. so in all this, russia has restricted its own exports. so you've just men

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