Impact

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised food production concerns in countries that depend on the region’s exports of fertilizers, such as Ghana. To cope with the shortage, Ghanaian authorities are urging farmers to use locally produced chicken droppings and compost instead as fertilizer.

Ukrainian officials say farmland used for planting spring crops could more than halved this year because of the war.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Ukraine, backed by dozens of other countries, has written to the World Health Organization's regional chief calling for an urgent meeting on the impact of Russia's invasion on health and healthcare, a letter obtained by Reuters on Friday showed.

Weekly updates on the current situation in Ukraine and refugee-receiving countries, priority public health concerns and WHO’s actions to rapidly respond to the health emergency triggered by the conflict and to minimize disruptions to the delivery of critical health services.

WAR’S IMPACT ON CHILDREN: Almost two-thirds of Ukraine’s 7.5 million children have been displaced by Russia’s invasion, according to UNICEF.

UK Special Envoy @NickDyerFCDO
met with our partners on the ground in Lviv to ensure we have a coordinated humanitarian effort to support those suffering in Ukraine

The UN called the impact of the war in Ukraine a “three-dimensional crisis” upending the flow of food, energy and money around the world. 1.7 billion people are already affected

The only lasting solution to the war & its impact on the poorest & most vulnerable people in the world is peace.

The war in Ukraine has increased the risk of a “massive malnutrition crisis” for millions of children in other emergencies because of its already huge impact on global food prices, the UN said on Thursday.

You can only imagine the impact this is going to have on cost AND availability of food worldwide.