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With food prices climbing, the U.N. is warning of crippling global shortages

Fears of a global food crisis are growing because of the shock of the war in Ukraine, climate change and rising inflation.
A Combine harvesting machine reaps wheat in a field of the Hula valley near the town of Kiryat Shmona in the north of Israel on May 22, 2022. Wheat prices have soared in recent months, driven by the war in Ukraine and a crippling heat wave in India.

Fears of a global food crisis are growing due to the shock of the war in Ukraine, climate change and rising inflation.

Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund managing director, told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that "the anxiety about access to food at a reasonable price globally is hitting the roof" as food prices

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