Food Security and the war in Ukraine
Written on: Marso 09, 2022
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Food Security and the war in Ukraine
The news that are coming from Lebanon are alarming, to say the least:
"Flour mills in Lebanon delivered supplies only to Arabic bread bakeries on Monday and Tuesday, forcing bakers who make pastries and thyme pizzas to close as a means of rationing wheat imported from Ukraine, which supplies 60 per cent of the country’s wheat needs. Lebanon could face wheat shortages from July, forcing the government to reduce subsidised flat rounds of Arabic bread, which sustain the 80 per cent of Lebanon’s population who live in poverty.
The Ukraine crisis has engendered fears of food insecurity and driven up the costs of animal feed, boosting meat, dairy and poultry prices. Lebanon’s poultry feed stocks will last only for two months.
Beirut has kept tight rein on imports because of financial meltdown and reduction of storage capacity caused by the 2020 explosion in Beirut port, which destroyed Lebanon’s main grain silos.
Lebanon has approached the US, India and Canada to access new grain sources as Ukrainian farmers have abandoned their fields to flee their country or take up arms against invading Russians. Ukraine’s ports have shut and there is also concern that Russia’s grain exports will be blocked by western sanctions".
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Therefore, we would need to re-examine our sources of raw materials for bread and bakery products.
Wheat shortages will impact all countries importing wheat from Russia and Ukraine.
In Ireland, the Minister for Agriculture has confirmed he will ask farmers to grow more grain due to potential supply shortages that could happen later this year due to the war in Ukraine.
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