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the United Nations (FAO), Ukraine has
TheInvasionofUkraine
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only40percentofthenitrogenfertilizers
TriggeredtheFoodCrisis,
and 28 percent of the pesticides needed
SoWhatIsThisWarfor?
for crop production. If crop growth is
News
sluggishinasituationwherethegranary
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is damaged and the labor force of
farmers and agricultural machinery is
¡ãThevillageofYakovlevkaontheoutskirtsof
insufficient,adecreaseincropyieldwill
Kharkiv,UkraineisdevastatedbyRussian
shelling.
beunavoidable.
been sown, as farmers enter the war as
SoaringPricesofGrains
soldiers. As a result, there is not enough
¡ãUkrainehasbeendevastatedbytheRussian
SuchasWheatandCorn
invasion.
manpower to produce the same yield as
Just by looking at international grain
inpreviousyears.
3153: that is the number of civilians
prices right now, the ripple effect of the
In addition, a decline in Ukrainian
killedintheRussianinvasionofUkraine,
food crisis can be seen. On March 11,
grain production this year is inevitable.
asannouncedbytheOfficeoftheUnited
2022, wheat soared to $1,425 per bushel
Coincidentally, the eastern and southern
Nations High Commissioner for Human
in the international futures market,
regions where fierce battles are taking
Rights(OHCHR)onMay2.Itispredicted
the highest level in the past decade. It
place with Russia, such as Donetsk,
that there will be more victims day by
nearly doubled from around $740 in
Luhansk, Kherson, Mykolayu, and Kiiu
day, long after the start of the Russian
January 2022 before the invasion of
ontheoutskirtsofUkraine¡¯scapital,are
invasiononFebruary24,2022.Although
Ukraine. The price of corn also stood
the representative granaries of Ukraine.
thisarticledealswiththefoodcrisisthat
at $757 per bushel on March 23, 2022,
As a result, the World Food Programme
hasaffectedtheworldbeyondUkraineas
up nearly 30 percent from $587 per
(WFP) estimates that 20-30 percent
aresultofthisinvasion,TheArguswants
bushel in January 2022. According to
of Ukrainian arable land cannot be
readers to remember that many innocent
theresearchdata¡°AnalysisoftheImpact
harvested due to the war. Not only this,
civilians were slaughtered prior to the
of the Invasion of Ukraine on the Grain
but also the supply of fuel necessary for
foodcrisis.Onlythecessationofwarcan
Market¡± published by the Korea Rural
the operation of agricultural machinery
stopthistragedy.TheArgusisvehemently
Economic Institute (KREI) on March
is being disrupted. Ukraine has relied
opposedtoanywarofaggression.
31, 2022, this invasion is expected to
on Russia and Belarus for 70 percent
increase international wheat and corn
of its oil imports to run its agricultural
ABullettoUkraineWasa
prices by about 10-20 percent in 2022
machinery, but only one in five of
SignalofaFoodCrisis
and 2023, and if the war continues for a
Ukraine¡¯s 1,300 agricultural companies
longtime,thesehighgrainpriceswillbe
ReducedCropCultivation
have stockpiled enough fuel for spring
maintained for a considerable period of
Ukraine,whichaccountsfor12percent
cultivation as fuel supplies were cut
time.
of the world¡¯s wheat exports, has not
off after the invasion. According to the
The reason for the price increase is
been able to properly harvest not only
Food and Agriculture Organization of
that Ukraine and Russia have enormous
winter wheat but also new crops due to
influence in the global grain market.
the current war, and this is accelerating
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Ukraineistheworld¡¯sfifthlargestwheat
thefoodcrisis.AccordingtotheMinistry
exporter as of 2021. In addition, Russia
of Agriculture and Forestry of Ukraine,
isthethirdlargestexporterofgrain,and
the spring sowing season in Ukraine is
Ukraine is the fourth largest exporter
fromthefirstweekofMarchtothethird
of grain. However, after Russia started
week of April. However, as of March
the war, Ukraine began to restrict grain
22, of the total 15 million hectares of
¡ãFarmersinOdessaprovinceinsouthwestern
exports. This is because 80 percent of
farmland, only 150,000 hectares have
Ukrainearearmedforsowingseason.
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