Ukraine war provokes bread crisis in Maghreb
In North Africa and the Middle East, reliance on Russian and Ukrainian wheat is taking its toll and threatening skyrocketing prices.
Russia and Ukraine are among the top five wheat exporters in the world. Adding their share of animal feed and manure, the effects on feed prices are significant.
Keystone / Vitally Timkiev
Of the five major world wheat exporters, Russia ranks first and Ukraine oscillates behind the United States between third and fifth place with France and Canada. It shows how the Ukrainian crisis, which affects two major international producers, will affect wheat prices and large-scale importing countries. Important are in North Africa – Egypt, Algeria – and in the Middle East – Lebanon, Syria, Yemen.