Assessing the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Food Security

This study examined the degree to which the Russian-Ukraine conflicts impacted on global food security given that these two countries are major exporters of food and other commodities globally. The Intractable Conflict Theory which offers insights into why certain conflicts persist, like the one between Russia and Ukraine was applied to explain this study. The historical and descriptive research methods were utilised for this study. The design allowed the researcher the opportunity of obtaining data from secondary sources for literature and thematic analysis of the study. The study found amongst others that the prices of all the commodities shot up due to two factors. The prices of agricultural commodities like wheat, sunflower oil, maize as at January 2022 before that war, when compared to March 2022 indicated a sharp increase, which was a direct impact of the Russia-Ukraine war. In view of the above, it was recommended amongst others that all political leaders should seek for ways to ensure that peace returns to this region, especially when seen from the implications of this war for food insecurity on a global scale due to low production and poor supply chain.

Agricultural commodities; Food security; Global economy; Invasion

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