How Russia invasion of Ukraine affects Africa’s food supplies

wheat harvesting in Moiben

Workers during wheat harvesting in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market.

There is significant agricultural trade between countries on the continent and Russia and Ukraine. African countries imported agricultural products worth $4 billion from Russia in 2020. About 90 percent of this was wheat, and six percent was sunflower oil.