global food insecurity Archives - Marketplace

A Year of War

A year into the Ukraine war, global food insecurity is at a record high

by Samantha Fields

Feb 23, 2023

In many countries, including Egypt, staples like bread have become much more expensive and harder to come by.

A farmer holds harvested wheat in Cairo. The Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupted global grain supplies, causing prices to soar in countries like Egypt.

Roger Anis/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

SUBSCRIBE