The US and its allies are grappling with how to avert a global food crisis following Moscows withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal . Russia has unleashed a flurry of attacks on grain supplies in key Ukrainian cities including the port city of Odesa . Russia by weaponizing food is doing something truly unconscionable US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week . Ukraine accounts for large portions of the worlds food supply including of the world wheat market of the corn market and of the barley market according to the European Commission . There are other options to increase storage capacity and whether any more grain wheat or barley can be driven or railed out of Ukraine . Five EU countries four of whom border Ukraine have currently banned the import of Ukrainian grain to protect their own agricultural industries although they will allow it to transit through their countries although they have allowed it to pass through their respective agricultural industries . The US is focused on maintaining safe passage of export ships through the Russianoccupied Black Sea ports and supporting UN SecretaryGeneral Antnio Guterres in negotiating a breakthrough. An administration official familiar with discussions told the US is interested in investing in additional storage capacity for additional capacity . The road river and rail routes are now going to be used to provide alternative storage capacity because harvests to be transmitted to develop alternative storage because they don’t need to wait to be stored to reach global markets while they don’t wait to wait . There were other routes to get some of the food products. There are also other routes. The other road and rail. There is also other food routes. There have been other food supplies. An official told the U.S. and other food products to be delivered to the United States. An American administration official said .
Concerns mount over potential for food crisis amid Russian moves to cripple Ukrainian grain exports
