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David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Food crisis, 3 countries most suffering the effects of Russia’s Ukraine war (Tempo.Co) 

June 24, 2022


Tempo.co published an article on the latest UN report entitled Hunger Hotspot stating that the Russia-Ukraine war could push the number of people who are acutely food insecure from food crises to as many as 47 million in various countries. Ukraine and Russia are known as the main producers of wheat. According to (IFPRI, as much as a third of wheat is traded on global markets and about a quarter of the world’s wheat. In addition, the war in Ukraine has the potential to jeopardize the supply of grain and vegetable oil. For example, sunflower and corn oil for animal feed in various countries in the world. Several countries are already feeling the effects. 

 

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