15 Apr 2022 --- EU officials are working with the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to counter the growing impact of ingredient and fertilizer shortages in vulnerable areas like the MENA region and Balkans – something blamed on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Leaders fear that the decimation of grain production and inflation of fuel prices will push countries like Egypt and Lebanon, which rely heavily on imported produce, into starvation and further political turmoil.