Ukraine wheat will ease hunger in Ethiopia – WFP
UN-The World Food Programme [WFP] says 30,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat bought for its operations in Ethiopia is expected to arrive in neighbouring Djibouti next week.
Claire Neville, the WFP’s spokesperson for Ethiopia, told the BBC on Friday that the wheat will support the organisation’s efforts to feed millions of people affected by food insecurity as a result of protracted conflicts and severe drought.
The food will support the body’s operations across the country, where it aims to target 3.4 million people in the northern regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara that that have been impacted by a brutal civil war that broke out 22 months ago, Ms Neville added.
An additional 2.4 million people are expected to be reached in the eastern Somali region, where people have been hit by consecutive seasons of low rainfall.
Over half a million tonnes of wheat and other types of food have been shipped from Ukraine’s ports in the past month, says the United Nations.
On 22 July, Russia lifted its blockade of the ports, allowing ships to use a safe corridor through the Black Sea.
However, Ukraine is only exporting grain at half the rate that it was before the war.
How much grain has been stuck in Ukraine?
About 20 million tonnes of grain meant for export has been trapped in Ukraine since February, along with other foodstuffs such as maize and sunflower oil.
This has caused an undersupply of food and soaring prices in many countries around the world.
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