Russia is deliberately trying to strangle ukraine's capacity to actually grow food in the first place. Russia is an absolutely gigantic exporter of grains, andit exports far more fertilizers than ukraine does. And fertilizer of corsi are what africa will need to grow its own food for the next a year or two.
Russia is weaponizing food by blockading Ukraine’s grain exports and withholding its own until other countries come to Putin to ask for it.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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