President JoeBiden and the other G-7 leaders are exploring ways to address growing global food shortages sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine.
The sanctions placed on Russian exports by the United States and allies caused fertilizer prices to skyrocket, prompting serious concerns over Europe's supply of wheat, corn, soy, rice, and other food products.
"Russia and Ukraine have been the breadbasket of Europe in terms of wheat, for example, just to give one example, but we had a long discussion in the G-7 with both the United States, which is the third-largest producer of wheat in the world, as well as Canada, which is also a major, major producer," he said.
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