A report issued by the World Bank showed that the Middle East and the Horn of Africa is one of the regions most affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war in terms of food security, which has become a disaster in some countries of this region.
According to the report, before the war, Ukraine was the breadbasket of the world supplying wheat, corn and barley to countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The report indicated that Lebanon is at the forefront in terms of the extent of the impact of the food crisis, as the impact is measured in terms of the rate of food price inflation in the countries of the world, and Lebanon was at the top of the list of the 10 most affected countries by the war.
The report showed that since wheat is one of the staple foods in the MENA region, disruption to the wheat supply chain has caused critical food security problems in the region. As a result, the food CPI increased significantly in most countries of the region: Egypt (24.2%), Morocco (9.5%), Iraq (7.6%), Lebanon (216%), Syria (71%), Yemen (43%). and Palestine (8.1%), until the end of last May.
Source (Al-Arabiya.net Website, Edited)
