War in Ukraine having 'catastrophic effect' on global food supply, prices: USAID administrator
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Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, says the costs of the war in Ukraine include global food shortages.
Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the costs of the war in Ukraine include global food and fertilizer shortages, impacting prices for consumers and farmers around the world.
"It is just another catastrophic effect of Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine," Power told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.
Food prices have risen 34% compared to this time last year, Power said, "aided substantially, again, by this invasion."
On Thursday, President Joe Biden asked Congress to consider supplying Ukraine with an additional $33 billion aid package, with $3 billion allocated for humanitarian assistance and food security funding.
