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Ukraine War Could Push Millions To Starve Around The World

Clip: 3/29/2022 | 17m 5sVideo has Closed Captions

The executive director of the World Food Programme discusses the Ukraine war.

Ukraine has long been known as the breadbasket of Europe. Together, Ukraine and Russia supply 30% of the world’s wheat and barley. Now, with the food supply chain fractured by war, global food security is under severe threat. David Beasley is executive director of the World Food Programme and he speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about why the world must act now.

03/29/2022

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