A ship loaded with corn will not solve the world's food problems.
But it is a good sign that, for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, grain could be exported by sea from the attacked country.
More ships are said to be ready to take further steps towards easing the global food situation.
How fragile the situation remains can be seen from the fact that the aggressor Russia - together with Ukraine, Turkey and the UN - has won the right to inspect the cargo of the grain carriers before they leave the Black Sea.
Of course, there is good reason to say that it is none of Russia's business if a sovereign country exports grain.
But unfortunately the situation is not like that.
The same applies to grain as to gas
Had Moscow refused to regulate grain exports, it would have been difficult even for creative Russian propaganda to keep blaming the West for global food shortages.
He has to live with the fact that this lie falls on fertile ground in the "Global South".
The same applies to grain as to gas.
If Russia wants a pretext for new disabilities, it will find it.
That's why there are now 26,000 tons of corn floating on the Black Sea.
But a lot still has to happen before the world has enough bread (again).