“We are taking steps to improve food security around the world, both unilaterally and jointly with our allies and partners,” Psaki said during a briefing.
She also clarified that the US authorities do not expect food shortages in the country.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden said that the events around Ukraine could lead to food problems around the world.
The head of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in an interview with The Guardian, allowed riots in poor countries due to rising food prices.
Parveen Ngala, a representative of the humanitarian organization Oxfam International, told RT that due to rising grain and oil prices, more than 21 million people in several African countries were on the verge of starvation.