Open AccessUkraine's triple emergency: Food crisis amid conflicts and COVID‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Nchasi Goodluck,
Mwasha Carolyn,
Shaban Moshi Moshi,
Rwegasira Rose,
Mallilah Benardine,
Chesco Joshua,
Volkova Anastasiia,
Mahmoud Ashraf
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
health science reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2398-8835
DOI - 10.1002/hsr2.862
Subject(s) - food security , damages , pandemic , population , development economics , covid-19 , business , food insecurity , political science , humanitarian crisis , economic growth , economic policy , international trade , natural resource economics , agriculture , geography , environmental health , economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , law , refugee , disease , archaeology , pathology
Globally, both Russia and Ukraine play a key role in food production. Both countries are known for their meticulous positions in producing and exporting wheat, maize, sunflower seed oil, and cotton seed oil. Although the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for more than 5 years, the recent invasion of Russia in Ukraine has endangered food security in Ukraine during the COVID‐19 pandemic. As COVID‐19 cripples the healthcare infrastructure of Ukraine, food insecurity challenges the civilian population to migration. As the conflict intensitifes, damages to properties, loss of lives, rise of infectious diseases, incremental rise in energy prices, and fuel consumption are some of the possible consequences. This commentary aims to highlight the different ways in which access to food has been endangered, the implications that food crisis has on the world, and thus provide key recommendations on what needs to be addressed to mitigate the rising risks of the food crisis in the world.