Will the war in Ukraine cause a global wheat shortage?

More or Less: behind the statistics

Saturday, 2 April 2022 - 9 minutes

As the Russian Invasion of Ukraine continues, the effects ripple around the rest of the world. One concern involves the wheat harvest. There have been claims that Ukraine and Russia supply 25% of the worlds wheat and that as a result we’re facing a global wheat crisis. We look into this misleading figure to determine what the real impact might be.

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