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G7: Ukraine minister fears ‘great losses’ in country’s wheat harvest

Towleroad May 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

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A general view of the G7 meeting of Agriculture Ministers at Hohenheim Palace. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky has voiced his fears of “great losses” in the year’s wheat harvest during talks with his G7 counterparts in the German city of Stuttgart on Friday.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted fears of global food shortages, as the country is one of the world’s most important producers of wheat as well as a major supplier of corn.

“The situation with corn is a bit better,” Solsky noted, before appealing to G7 ministers for support in exporting Ukraine’s grain, with Russia blockading the country’s ports.

The war has led to a massive surge in grain prices, with the impact being felt in developing countries in particular.

German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir accused Russia of using hunger as a weapon by blocking Ukrainian wheat exports, in comments to German public radio on Friday.

Putin’s warfare was “particularly perfidious,” Özdemir argued, as Ukraine is so important to the global food chain, noting that half the wheat used in World Food Programme aid alone came from the country.

The shortage and resulting price increase were a deliberate military strategy, the minister argued.

An overall 25 million tons of grain are currently stuck in Ukrainian ports, mainly Odessa, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday.

The ministers discussed how to export the Ukrainian grain to the rest of the world. Solsky suggested using underutilized ports in the Baltic States.

Özdemir mentioned the overland route, the railways or the Danube. “The port of Odessa must be secured, it must not fall,” he said.

Germany currently holds the presidency of the G7, which also includes the United States, Canada, France, Britain, Italy and Japan. Ukraine has been invited to attend this year’s meetings.

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Mykola Solskyj, Ukraine’s Minister of Agriculture, attends the G7 meeting of Agriculture Ministers at Hohenheim Palace. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa
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Cem Oezdemir (L), Germany’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, welcomes Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture, ahead of the G7 meeting of Agriculture Ministers at Hohenheim Palace. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa
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Cem Oezdemir (R), Germany’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, greets Julien Denormandie, France’s Minister of Agriculture, ahead of the G7 meeting of Agriculture Ministers at Hohenheim Palace. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa
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Cem Oezdemir, Germany’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, with his counterparts during the G7 meeting of Agriculture Ministers at Hohenheim Palace. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

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