The United Nations Trade and Development Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan on Friday hailed the extension of a grain deal to make sure the continuation of exports from Ukraine, however mentioned rather a lot remained to be performed, particularly within the fertiliser space the place there was an affordability disaster.

“That is what is keeping us awake right now, and that’s why the UN will continuously and — won’t spare any effort in trying to ease the problem that we are facing with respect to the fertilisers today, because we know that the crisis of affordability of today will be a crisis of availability tomorrow if we don’t face this challenge,” Grynspan informed a UN briefing in Geneva on Friday.

The United Nations on Thursday introduced the extension of a deal to make sure exports of grain and fertilisers from Ukraine that had been disrupted by the conflict.

The deal was set to run out on Saturday, renewing fears of a worldwide meals disaster if exports had been blocked from one of many world’s largest grain producers.

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