The global food crisis is becoming a matter of life and death as food security data shows 276 million people are suffering from severe food insecurity.
As conflict increases around the world, roughly 50 million people are on the brink of starvation.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has impacted the global food price index, which has gone up by 33 percent in the past year.
Russia and Ukraine are some of the world's largest agricultural food producers and exporters, providing around 30 percent of the world's wheat, 20 percent of corn and a staggering 70 percent of the world's sunflower oil.
Russia is also one of the world's third-largest crude oil producers and has withheld supplies from countries in Europe that have helped Ukraine.
Reuters reported the European Union decided to ban the export of Russian oil as it would cut off a significant source of funding for the war.
Third-world countries like Africa and the Middle East rely on these exports to survive and as the price of these items increases, so too does the increase in famine.
Richard Casagrande from the Red Cross told Newshub Nation funding from rich world governments is urgently needed to prevent this from continuing.
"We are actually talking about a life and death situation here. We have our Red Cross requisite national societies who are responding to these needs, but the appeals we're making for funding on their behalf are not being funded."
Casagrande told Newshub Nation that the amount of food the world has isn't the issue here, it is how it is being distributed.
"This is not a question of insufficient food supplies globally. It's more a question of the people, the most vulnerable in the poorest countries not being able to access the food."
He said there is hope out there for people who are suffering through the global food crisis but action needs to be taken and resources need to be provided for these countries before it is too late.
"We could mince words here, but it's really about life and death. It's already happening. It's very, very urgent. It's as urgent as it can be," Casagrande told Newshub Nation.
