THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS A YEAR AFTER THE START OF RUSSIA’S SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE: THE ROLE OF THE «BLACK SEA GRAIN INITIATIVE»

Abstract

The article highlights the problem of the impact of the «Black Sea Grain Initiative» on the food situation in the world 10 months after its signing. The positive and controversial issues for Russia and the poorest countries of the world community that arose during the implementation of the initiative are evaluated. Quantitative estimates of food exports under the «Black Sea Grain Initiative» and their distribution by country are given. The strongest unevenness of the export of food products from Ukraine is shown both by composition and by host countries. The characteristics and leading factors of the modern global food crisis are given. An attempt is made to show to what extent the conclusion of the «Black Sea Grain Initiative» has had an impact on the global food crisis, manifested in the constant increase of the hungry population in the world. The food crisis was caused by deep macroeconomic disturbances in the global agro-industrial complex, including asymmetric globalization, intensification of interfaith and regional conflicts, slowing economic growth, increasing inequality, degradation of resources for agricultural production. As a result, the «Black Sea Grain Initiative» did not have a significant impact on the global food crisis.