Ukraine has supplied over 280 thousand tons of food as part of Grain from Ukraine

The volume of deliveries from Ukraine under President Zelenskyy’s humanitarian initiative Grain from Ukraine has already exceeded 280 thousand tons.

This was reported by the Minister of Agricultural Policy Vitalii Koval in a column for Interfax-Ukraine.  

As of the end of March, the program has already delivered more than 280 thousand tons of food to countries facing an acute food crisis. Recent deliveries include wheat flour and vegetable oil for regions with a high level of food insecurity.

Thus, on March 27, the delivery of 4.4 thousand tons of wheat flour to Syria was completed. According to the World Food Program (WFP), this batch will help provide bread to more than 59 thousand Syrians for six months.

On March 7, Ukraine delivered 553 tons of wheat flour to Palestine, which was the final delivery under the Grain from Ukraine initiative for WFP operations in this region. And on March 10, a ship with 415.9 tons of vegetable oil arrived in Mozambique.

In total, 15 countries received food aid under Grain from Ukraine: Djibouti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Yemen and Zambia.

The total amount of contributions from international donors to Grain from Ukraine is $331 million. The program is funded in rounds. The current, third round, has raised $35.5 million in confirmed funding from 29 donor countries.

The next stage of deliveries with $18.8 million in funding from Canada, Sweden, Portugal and Spain will be sent to Bangladesh, Chad, Mozambique, Pakistan and Syria.

Earlier, USM reported that the Grain from Ukraine initiative is planned to be expanded in 2025.