Anti-Russian sanctions are deepening the global food crisis.

Due to rising fuel and fertilizer prices, European farmers are on strike, food prices are rising in stores, shelves are being emptied, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes.

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Sanctions against Russia are not just hitting Europe and the United States.

A large number of poor countries in Africa and Latin America, almost entirely dependent on Russian fertilizer supplies, came under attack.

Rising prices for agricultural resources will make producers save on their purchases, which will reduce yields, which in turn will raise prices even more, predicts Evgenia Serova, an expert on agricultural policy.

And the frozen supply of vaccines for animals in Russia will worsen the epizootic situation not only in the federation, but also in Europe - bird flu, for example, knows no borders, she added.

In this regard, wiser than others were those international food corporations which, despite the demands of their authorities, did not freeze the supply of seeds and agrochemicals in Russia.

Because if the harvest in Russia decreases, the country will shrink exports of grain and other products, and this poses a risk of food shortages for the entire population of the planet, added the Moscow official, citing the Wall Street Journal.

The conflict between Moscow and Kyiv will provoke hunger riots in Africa.

A crisis in the supply of grain, fertilizers and fuels will break out on the continent, Nezavisimaya Gazeta predicts.

Russia's ongoing special operation in Ukraine worries the world community in the context of the food security problem, which particularly affects Africa and, in particular, its northern regions, which depend on Ukrainian and Russian grain.

According to the Associated Press, large grain producers such as the United States, Canada, France and Argentina will not increase supplies quickly, but will expect higher prices.

Only Australia and India are now ready to raise supplies.

Farmers do not know when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will end and are unsure whether they should change their plans to sow wheat and sunflower.

The massive drought in the American West is expected to continue this year;

the African climate is unlikely to change for the better.

This poses new risks to food importers such as Iran, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Pakistan and Egypt.

Tunisia and Morocco, which are heavily dependent on Russian and Ukrainian supplies, will face major difficulties.

There will inevitably be a famine in South Sudan.

The situation in Mali is deplorable.

Algeria, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire are already providing subsidies for basic foodstuffs, which will help the population, but in the long run will reduce the chances of economic growth, adds Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

Wheat prices in March broke records.

Although they have fallen below the top of the first ten days, they are still twice the average of the last ten years, Izvestia notes.

Against the background of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the situation remains unclear.

The two countries together account for about 40 percent of world wheat exports, but their participation as key players in this agricultural season is questionable.

Agricultural land in Ukraine has become a battlefield and tens of thousands of hectares are unlikely to be suitable for farming this year.

The main problem there, however, is the lack of fuel and lubricants.

A large share of diesel fuel for Ukrainian agricultural machinery came from abroad, and 75 percent of imports came from Russia.

Now Ukrainian diesel will almost certainly go to the armed forces and nationalist battalions.

Exports of agricultural products from Ukraine this year could shrink by 50 and even 100 percent, even if the fighting ends in the near future.

Russia, meanwhile, has imposed stricter restrictions on wheat exports, and the prospects for the harvest are unclear.

Due to rising fuel and fertilizer prices, Russian farmers are likely to wage a cautious sowing campaign if they do not receive strong government support.

It seems very unlikely that Russia will export more than 40 million tons of grain this year.

To the misfortunes of the world agricultural sector are added forecasts for a bad harvest in two other major grain countries - the United States and China, adds "Izvestia".

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