"Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" explores food insecurity, border crisis
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On Easter Sunday, "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" explores rising global food insecurity from the war in Ukraine with David Beasley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. The show will also offer an in-depth look at the situation along the U.S.-Mexico border with the executive director of the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, Sister Norma Pimentel.
Ukraine is a major producer and exporter of agricultural products. In 2021, it exported more than $27 billion of products such as corn, sunflower seed, wheat, rapeseed and barley. According to a U.N. report, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia — both of which are major wheat exporters — is expected to further increase food costs.
"This is a very serious problem if we don't get the farmers back in the fields," Beasley told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, noting that his organization buys 50% of all its grain from Ukraine.
