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France urges food security crisis plan to avoid famine stoked by Ukraine war

A grain seller at a market in Rabat, Morocco. AFP - FADEL SENNA

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an urgent international food security plan to avert "famine" in vulnerable countries, notably in Africa, after the Russian war in Ukraine saw a sharp drop in cereal exports.

Russia is the world's largest exporter of wheat, and Ukraine the fourth. Dozens of countries are dependent on their production.

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