The clearest signal was people got scared that there was going to be a shortage of grain. And so they immediately tried to secure their own supplies, driving up prices. One item getting hit hard right now is wheat. It has dropped since then, but it's still k forty or 50 % more expensive than before the war. O talked to a farming expert who's worked in this region. Is named mike lee. He's british he's director of a company called green square agro consulting.
Russia is weaponizing food by blockading Ukraine’s grain exports and withholding its own until other countries come to Putin to ask for it.
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