discuss the ban i'm joined by apple reza secretary of the intergovernmental group on grains for the food and agriculture organization of the united nations. so mr ambassador in what other ways can the russian government tackle the grain shortage in your in your view here. well it might i must say that at the beginning it wasn't that clear there would be a green shortage i sincerely hope it is still not a case where we will have a green shortage but there is certainly a very severe situation in terms of supply and the drought has been extremely severe and the production shortfalls are far more far more dissipated as early as three weeks ago therefore it is understandable that the restrictions are. on exports is a one way to domestic food inflation especially the price of bread wheat mostly is used for and i think this is what the government at the end decided to do i am not sure that there were many other options perhaps they could have also considered taxing exports or perhaps do we get in you know in gradual terms but you know in situations like this as the as they are you know governments tend to go for the more secure of the measures

and went up after the announcement. from the food and agriculture organization of the united nations says the decision made by the russian government is the best solution. i sincerely hope that it is still not a case where we will have a grain shortage but there is certainly a very severe situation in terms of supply and the drought has been extremely severe and the production shortfalls are far more far more than i anticipated as early as three weeks ago therefore it is on the stand that will restrictions of on exports is a one way to compact domestic food inflation especially the price of bread wheat mostly is useful and i think this is what the government at the end decided to do i'm not sure that there were that many of the options perhaps they could have also considered taxing exports or perhaps do a good deal in knowing gradual terms but you know in situations like this as the year is the you know governments tend to go for the most secure of the measures which is the total ban there had been a very extraordinary action to the banning of russia and the prices of wheat rose very sharply if you're glad that they have