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War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century

  • Written by Daniel Maxwell, Henry J. Leir Professor in Food Security, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
imageDistributing flour rations and other food supplies in southern Yemen on March 29, 2022.Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions for other countries, many of them thousands of miles away.

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