As countries hoard staples & restrict exports, can global food crisis be avoided? Experts discuss

The food security concerns replaced headlines of a pandemic early this year. However export bans from various countries are making these concerns more of an uncontrollable reality.

Russia’s elongated war on Ukraine has only further strained global supply chains which were just recovering from a pandemic. This has forced many countries to protect their own supply by not only banning exports but also raising imports.

According to the International Food Policy Research Institute, export restrictions have affected 17 percent of the world’s food as measured by the amount of calories traded by early April. India’s recent wheat ban will substantially increase this number.