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UN: Up to 30% of Ukrainian fields unfit for seed sowing due to war.

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The UN’s humanitarian affairs agency said on April 18 that just under a third of Ukraine’s fields “won’t be used to plant wheat, barley, sunflowers, and corn this year.” They also noted that Russia’s war may cause a “global food catastrophe, as 36 out of 55 countries with food crises depended on Ukraine and Russian exports.”

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