50% of the world's sunflower oil is produced in Ukraine and because of the conflict, there is no grain being planted in the country at the moment.
Ukraine also exports a large percentage of its grain to North African and the Middle East where there are no concerns of an impending humanitarian disaster.
Ciaran Fitzgerald, food economist and Tadhg Buckley, Director of Policy, Irish Farmers Association joined the Last Word to discuss.
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