The White House anticipates a global food shortage due to the full-scale invasion launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin, press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday. Psaki said that although the United States is not likely to be impacted by a food shortage, the White House does expect that higher energy, fertilizer, wheat, and corn prices sparked by the Ukraine invasion could impact the price of growing and purchasing critical food supplies for countries around the world. “Early estimates from the World Bank suggest disproportionate impacts on low- and middle-income countries including in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia,” Psaki told reporters during a press briefing. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization warned last week of a looming global food crisis, with supplies of crucial staple crops threatened amid the ongoing conflict—now entering its fourth week. Russia and Ukraine are key exporters of grain, supplying nearly 30 percent of …