The executive director of the U.N.'s World Food Program warned that a global food shortage and a spike in food prices would 'spell disaster' for poorer nations.
on Saturday warned that closing Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea could lead to mass migration, starvation and political instability.
David Beasley, executive director of the U.N.'s World Food Program, who recently visited Ukraine to look into ways to deliver food to approximately 1 million Ukrainians, said food allocation depends on access. The United Nations warned that closing Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea could lead to mass migration and starvation as it affects the supply chain used to deliver volumes of food from Ukraine to other parts of the world. Above, a local resident reacts as she describes the destruction in the village on April 1 in Svitylnia, Ukraine.The director also warned that a global food shortage and a spike in food prices would"spell disaster" for poorer nations.
The U.N. World Food Program relies on wheat coming from Ukraine since it was the largest food provider by volume to the organization last year, according to NPR.
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