The Russia-Ukraine war disproportionately threatens the nutrition security of developing countries.

ABSTRACT: While the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war threatens global nutrition security, the magnitude and extent of its impact remain underexamined. Here we show that, with the lowest level of war duration, severity, sanction, and countries involved, the direct and indirect impacts of the war and sanctions could newly place 67.3 million people (roughly equals the total population of France) in undernourishment and 316.7 million people (roughly equals the total population of Bangladesh and Russia) suffering from extreme national food insecurity. Approximately 95% of the affected population are from developing countries, highlighting the vulnerability of food supply in these countries. Both the undernourished population and its inequality across countries will substantially grow, if war duration and sever

SUBMITTER: Deng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9670081 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature