Ukraine 2022 crisis and its impact on world food security

Subject Areas : International Relations

Ali asghar Ghaffari Charati ¹ , hasan khodaverdi ²

1 - PhD graduate of International Relations, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2024-02-26 Accepted : 2024-08-26 Published : 2025-06-04

Keywords: Russian military invasion, Ukraine crisis, grains, agricultural inputs, world food security,

Abstract :

The widespread consequences of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 caused the world's food security to face serious challenges due to the fact that these two countries play an important role in the supply and export of grains and oilseeds.This research has sought to answer the question by using the descriptive-analytical method to test hypotheses, and library and survey tools to collect data, using the the theory of human security How has the Ukraine crisis affected world food security? The results indicate that although the war in Ukraine had quickly disrupted the supply and increased the global price of grains, oilseeds and agricultural inputs, but this process did not continue and therefore with the support measures of countries and international organizations such as partial reopening The Black Sea ports through the Black Sea Grains Initiative led by the United Nations, the Solidarity Lines Initiative of the European Union, increasing global humanitarian efforts, after a period of 4 months from The start of the war in Ukraine and from May 2022 onwards, the markets have gradually become flexible and adapted in the face of this crisis, and the prices have returned to the pre-war level by August 2022 and have even reached lower levels over time.This process made the adverse effects of the Ukraine crisis on the world's food security gradually decrease and the fear of a continuous lack of grain in the world market did not come true.

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