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Russia is trying to strangle Ukraine’s grain industry. American shoppers could feel the pain. (Politico)
"Russian attempts to cut off all Ukraine’s grain export routes are threatening to erase the small reprieve in sky-high grocery prices Americans experienced this year," writes Politico.
End of Black Sea grain deal: Alternative routes will be ‘very costly’ for Ukraine, analyst says (CNBC)
In an interview for CNBC SQUAWK BOX ASIA, IFPRI senior research fellow Joseph Glauber discusses the halting of the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal after Russia’s withdrawal and the options Ukraine has to export its grains.
IFPRI researchers receive AAEA 2023 Quality of Communication and Publication of Enduring Quality awards
Work on the implications of the Ukraine crisis on food systems and research on trade, food standards, and poverty recognized
What Russia’s exit from grain deal means for wheat prices (Washington Post)
"Russia’s announcement that it would renew its naval blockade on Ukrainian ports has revived concerns about wheat prices and the impact of Russia’s invasion on global hunger," writes the
Why Russia’s bombings of Ukrainian ports have jolted wheat prices (The Economist)
"The price of wheat futures in Chicago, the global benchmark, has risen by 11% since the early hours of July 17th, when Russia said it would not renew a year-old deal allowing ships carrying Ukrainian food exports to cross the Black Sea,” writes
Russia's nixing of Ukraine grain deal deepens worries about global food supply (NPR)
"On July 17 the Russian government announced that it was pulling out of a deal to facilitate the export of millions of tons of grain from Ukrainian ports. The arrangement had been in place since July 2022.
Indonesia’s cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest (Context/Reuters)
Although Indonesia has enough food to feed its people, it lacks variety beyond rice and tastes are changing as the country becomes wealthier, writes Context (by Thompson Reuters Foundation) in a piece on agricultu
How bad will things get now that Russia has quit its grain deal with Ukraine? (Vox)
"Russia has suspended participation in a deal that let Ukraine ship its grain through its ports on the Black Sea, upending a pact that mitigated a global food crisis.
Why the death of Ukraine’s grain deal is not moving wheat markets (The Economist)
"The deal may yet be resurrected, but the negotiations are tricky," writes the Economist in a story on Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Joseph Glauber on the impact of Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (Al-Jazeera)
Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber speaks with Al-Jazeera in an interview about Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative & what it means for global prices and markets.
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Russia Is holding Ukraine’s farms hostage (Foreign Policy)
"With its abundant natural gas supply, Russia has long wielded its resource riches to bludgeon Ukraine, Europe, and other dependent customers.
Rice crops are being threatened by El Nino after grain supplies were disrupted by the war in Ukraine (Associated Press)
"Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Niño is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in Ukraine,"
Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security (Associated Press)
"Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country’s Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling," Associated Press writes in
Women key to crop success in low-income countries
This post is a slightly modified version of the original press release issued by the University of Edinburgh.
Editorial: Empower women to grow (The Lancet Planetary Health)
"Almost half of the world's agricultural workers are women and women farmers produce up to 80% of the food grown in LMICs.
Low dairy consumption linked to increased rate of child stunting - research (Food Navigator)
"The study's findings provide compelling arguments for policymakers, public health officials and nutrition experts to prioritize context-specific dairy development strategies that rely on the right mix of local dairy sector interventions and more consumer-oriented trade policies".
How Africa can achieve fertilizer security (Pan African Agriculture)
"Farm input shortages and high prices threaten Africa's food security, writes Pan African Agriculture, in an interview with
New research shows potential of dairy development to reduce child undernutrition
Washington, DC: Stunting, a form of chronic undernutrition, affects 150 million children worldwide. While nutrition interventions have been shown to reduce stunting, experts have long concluded that other sectors, like agriculture, need to lift more weight.