(NAFB.com) – A global food crisis, already impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, is being driven to famine levels worldwide by the war in Ukraine and the resulting lack of grain exports.

The United Nations Security Council last week heard from experts on the war’s impact on global food security. David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Program, stated, “When a nation that is the breadbasket of the world becomes a nation with the longest bread line of the world, we know we have a problem.” Even before the Ukraine crisis, the world was already facing an unprecedented, perfect storm because of conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. And, price increases in major food crops have made an additional 400 million people food insecure over the last five months. Some experts warn the world only has ten weeks of wheat supply left.

Ukraine and the Russian Federation together export 30 percent of global cereals and 67 percent of sunflower oil.