One day later to abandon the grain export agreement ukrainian, Russia hasbombarded with six missiles Kalibr the port of Odessa, one of the three that were included in the pact.

An attack that jeopardizes the possibility that Ukraine considers continuing exporting their grain through the Black Sea, since, without Moscow’s approval, there are no guarantees of safety for the ships. In this sense, Ruth Ferrero, professor of Political Science at the ‘UCM’, points out that “it is probable that they could be bombed”. “Without the Russian help, it is very difficult to have the fleet in the Black Sea and with the mines What’s up,” he warns.

Also, this Russian blockade on cereal exports has serious consequences for developing countries. Since it entered into force in July of last year and until now, a year later, the agreement has allowed export more than 33 million tons cereals, of which more than 725,000 have been allocated to combat hunger in Yemen, Ethiopia or Somalia. Now, without the Ukrainian grain, the NGOs warn of the serious problem that this is going to cause.

In this sense, Rafael del Prado Pérez, from ‘Action Against Hunger’, assures that “we are going to see an erosion of livelihoods and household food insecurity especially in those parts of the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.” The Kremlin, however, has reiterated its willingness to supply free grain to African countries.

However, this output also directly affects Spain because it makes up for the deficit in wheat and corn crops with cereal from Ukraine. Without it, we must look for other ways that will imply “that raw material prices rise because we are going to have to import from other countries much further away than Ukraine”, according to José Roales, national manager of herbaceous crops at ‘COAG’.

This translates into higher costs for farmerswho need it for feed, and also consumers because prices will rise.