Human Rights Watch International (HRW) reported that the Russia-Ukraine war has led to “a rise in food prices and a deepening of poverty” in the Middle East and North Africa.
HRW has published a report titled “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Increases Hunger in the Middle East and North Africa”.
In the report, which called on the governments in the Middle East and North Africa to take measures so that the conflict in Ukraine would not exacerbate the food crisis, it was emphasized that the people of the region should have the right to the food supply.
In the report, reminding that Russia and Ukraine are the countries that export the most agricultural products to the region, it was warned that due to the current war, the increase in food prices and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa are exacerbated.
“Unless we can focus on the problem of food supply and procurement, the conflict in Ukraine risks worsening the food crisis around the world, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa,” Lama Fakih, HRW Special Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in the report. used the phrases.
The report shared data on Egypt, Lebanon, and Libya, which import wheat or agricultural products from Ukraine and Russia.
In the report, it was pointed out that Lebanon imported 80 percent of its wheat from Ukraine in 2020 and could only stock up on grain for one month due to the destruction of the wheat silos there as a result of the port explosion.
In the report, it was stated that 40 percent of Libya’s wheat imports were from Ukraine and that there was a 30 percent increase in wheat and flour prices in Libya in the first week of the war started by Russia.
The HRW report also pointed out that the peoples of Syria and Yemen are already in difficult conditions, and warned that food supply would worsen with the Russia-Ukraine war.
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