Ukraine sent the first ship with humanitarian wheat in 2024

Wheat

Published Feb 9, 2024

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The UN World Food Program's GrainFromUkraine initiative has dispatched its first shipment of the year, a bulk carrier named SKY GATE carrying 25 thousand tons of humanitarian wheat to Nigeria. The program, launched in November 2022, aims to alleviate hunger by providing Ukrainian food to countries in need. In its first year, it garnered support from 34 countries and international organizations, and sent 170 thousand tons of wheat to Ethiopia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, and Afghanistan. The second Grain From Ukraine international summit raised over $100 million to continue this humanitarian effort.

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Currently, the bulk carrier SKY GATE is moving along the Ukrainian “grain corridor” in the Black Sea with 25 thousand tons of Ukrainian humanitarian wheat for Nigeria. This is the first ship this year with humanitarian wheat chartered by the UN World Food Program as part of the GrainFromUkraine program, the Ministry of Reconstruction of Ukraine reported on February 8. “The Ukrainian corridor today is the main route for the products of Ukrainian farmers to access world markets. This is significant not only for the economic recovery of Ukraine, but also for maintaining food security in the world. Over six months, more than 15 million tons of Ukrainian grain cargo were exported from the ports of Greater Odessa. And we are resuming supplies of humanitarian wheat as part of the Grain From Ukraine program for countries on the brink of famine,” Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakov commented on this event. As the ministry recalled, the Grain From Ukraine ...

Source: Zol