WASHINGTON--Global finance leaders are putting the growing crisis over food insecurity and skyrocketing food prices at center stage as members of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meet in Washington and grapple with the brutal effects of Russia's war against Ukraine. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was convening a Tuesday morning meeting with leaders from the IMF, World Bank, Group of Seven and Group of 20 global organizations to “ call on international financial institutions to acc

Ports are shut down that send wheat and other food staples worldwide to be made into bread, noodles and animal feed.... Ukraine also is a major supplier of corn and the global leader in sunflower oil, used in food processing.... The war could reduce food supplies just when prices are at their highest levels since 2011.A prolonged conflict would have a big impact some 1, 500 miles( 2, 400 kilometers) away in Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer....