{"id":2384,"date":"2022-02-25T10:46:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T08:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2022-02-25T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T09:14:51","slug":"kraine-conflict-could-influence-africas-food-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/kraine-conflict-could-influence-africas-food-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa\u2019s food supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to The Conversation, wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is significant agricultural trade between countries on the continent and Russia and Ukraine. African countries imported agricultural products worth US$4 billion from Russia in 2020. About 90% of this was wheat, and 6% was sunflower oil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major importing countries were Egypt, which accounted for nearly half of the imports, followed by Sudan, Nigeria, Tanzania, Algeria, Kenya and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-russia-ukraine-conflict-could-influence-africas-food-supplies-177843\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Bible Media News (BMN)* is an independent faith-based media organization.<\/li><li>This is the first installment of a series of short interviews with faith leaders.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em>Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Conversation, wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention. 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