The problem is not the lack of grain or fertiliser, the problem is that Russia’s war “prevents us from getting these products out” of Ukraine, said Maximo Torero, Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
“All mechanisms to get these products out are useful”, he added at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture. Mr Torero has supported the European Commission’s measures to remove grain from Ukraine (see EUROPE...