According to the United Nations, least developed countries (LDCs) account for 13 per cent of the world population but only about 1.3 per cent of global GDP and less than 1 per cent of global trade and foreign direct investment .

In August 2022, the Razoni cargo ship, laden with 26,000 tons of grain, navigated a narrow corridor of mined waters outside Ukraine’s port of Odessa.

We analyse whether global value chains (GVCs) reduce trade barriers in the agricultural and food sectors as they affect lobbying and government incentives.

This document describes the steps involved in generating the value of production in the Ag-Incentives database.

Support to agriculture producers is provided in different forms, including border measures, domestic subsidies, and income transfers from taxpayers to producers.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the conflict quickly sparked fears of a global food crisis. Food prices were already high in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many countries were facing serious food insecurity.

The Group of Seven wealthy nations (G7), currently led by the German presidency, has put a welcome focus on the global food insecurity and nutrition crisis unleashed by the war in Ukraine, with the most severe impacts falling on vulnerable populat

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to have serious consequences for global food security.

As discussed in an earlier post, fertilizer prices have increased drastically, up 230% between May 2020 and May 2022.

The World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial Conference (WTO MC12) takes place June 12–15, 2022, in Geneva — two years after the pandemic forced members to postpone the meeting’s original schedule.

Development agencies are pouring in billions of dollars to address the global food crisis exacerbated by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Frequent food crises with spiking prices have become the new normal in the 21st century, bringing urgency to the task of understanding their nutritional impacts on poor and food insecure populations.

Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine has inflicted devastating impacts that continue to mount more than a year after the invasion.

The war in Ukraine has pushed prices of agricultural products to historically high levels, and concerns about global food security occupy headlines and world leaders’ minds, as demonstrated by recent International Monetary Fund and World Bank meet

Like people, plants need a multitude of nutrients to thrive.

In the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, several countries imposed export restrictions — including licensing requirements, taxes, and some outright bans — on a variety of feed and food products.

Global turmoil and supply shocks can increase a country’s vulnerability to food shortages. In the past, countries have often resorted to restrictive trade policies to address food supply disruptions.

On July 22, 2022, Ukraine and Russia reached an agreement to allow exports of grain and other agricultural products to resume from selected Ukraine Black Sea ports after months of Russian blockade.

The Russia-Ukraine war has caused significant price volatility in agricultural markets over the past year — for wheat, in particular, price levels and price volatility reached the highest levels since the 2007/08 marketing year.

Almost a year after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, fears of a period of sustained high global food prices have subsided somewhat, but eight major concerns for food security remain.