The war in Ukraine is causing a global shortage of chickpeas (a.k.a. garbanzo beans). According to Global Pulse Confederation, a nonprofit trade organization based in Dubai, global supply of the crop could drop as much as 20% this year. The World’s Shirin Jaafari speaks with Marco Werman and brings us the latest.
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