{"id":2578,"date":"2022-03-18T10:56:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T08:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T08:56:18","slug":"russia-ukraine-crisis-poses-a-serious-threat-to-egypt-the-worlds-largest-wheat-importer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/03\/18\/russia-ukraine-crisis-poses-a-serious-threat-to-egypt-the-worlds-largest-wheat-importer\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious threat to Egypt \u2013 the world\u2019s largest wheat importer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine could create a global food security crisis. It is disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world\u2019s major exporting regions. This threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on exports from Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particularly affected is the Middle East and North Africa \u2013 or MENA \u2013 region. These Arab countries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arab-reform.net\/publication\/the-impact-of-the-ukraine-war-on-the-arab-region-food-insecurity-in-an-already-vulnerable-context\/\">consume<\/a>&nbsp;the highest wheat per capita, about 128 kg of wheat per capita, which is twice the world average.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/storage.arab-reform.net\/ari\/2022\/03\/11145720\/Wheat_En_FInal.pdf\">More than half<\/a>&nbsp;of this comes from Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/russia-ukraine-crisis-poses-a-serious-threat-to-egypt-the-worlds-largest-wheat-importer-179242\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em>Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine could create a global food security crisis. It is disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world\u2019s major exporting regions. This threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on exports from Russia and Ukraine. Particularly affected is the Middle East [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious threat to Egypt \u2013 the world\u2019s largest wheat importer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/03\/18\/russia-ukraine-crisis-poses-a-serious-threat-to-egypt-the-worlds-largest-wheat-importer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious threat to Egypt \u2013 the world\u2019s largest wheat importer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine could create a global food security crisis. 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