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The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and accessible food in crisis situations, noting that conflict “remains the single greatest driver of hunger.” FAO

Secretary-General António Guterres told Security Council members that when they “fail to reach consensus, hungry people pay a high price.” UNIFEED

Lack of grain exports driving global hunger to famine levels, as war in Ukraine continues, speakers warn Security Council.

Lack of grain exports driving global hunger to famine levels, as war in Ukraine continues, speakers warn Security Council.

Secretary-General, António Guterres, said, “there is no effective solution” to the current global food crisis “without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production, as well as the food and fertilizer produced by Russia and Belarus, into world markets -- despite the war.” UNIFEED

Russia and Ukraine combined account for 30 percent of the global wheat exports and 20 percent of global maize exports. Any disruption in production or supply could drive prices up, affecting millions of vulnerable families, especially in hunger hotspots. WFP

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

One month into the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to one million people in the country and has built systems able to deliver food at scale to communities in need. WFP

Just over a month after the start of the war in Ukraine, UN top humanitarian officials briefed the Security Council on the humanitarian catastrophe in the European country and the implications for the rest of the world. UNIFEED

Conflict, humanitarian crisis in Ukraine threatening future global foods as prices rise, production capacity shrinks, speakers warn Security Council.