World: Predictions of a wheat shortage after Russia invaded Ukraine never materialized

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in February last year, experts from various commercial outlets have warned that wheat supplies could be stopped and lead to shortages in the supply of grain, higher prices of basic products such as flour and bread and others . Russia and Ukraine together export more than a quarter of the world's wheat. The largest importers are those with no or limited production capacity, and the largest growth markets for wheat imports are North and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). , cited by Quartz. Ultimately, however, the forecast of a global wheat shortage did not come true. Ukraine's harvest was 20 million tons of wheat last year, which is about 25% below average. The drop in wheat exports from Ukraine was balanced by an increase in production elsewhere, said economist Monika Totova of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). What's more, total wheat production in ...