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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. Watch Video.

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The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security; AAEA 2023 Awards; India’s Rice Export Ban; Call for Abstracts, and more.

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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. Watch the video

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“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. “Joe Glauber, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and former chief economist at the U.S. Agriculture Department, predicted that if Monday’s big spikes in […]

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Work on the implications of the Ukraine crisis on food systems and research on trade, food standards, and poverty recognized Washington, D.C. June 24, 2023 – Researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) were recognized today with two prestigious awards from the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA). Joseph Glauber (Senior Research Fellow), David […]

“The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that millions of people are at risk of hunger and death as a consequence of Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal,” Voice of America reports. “The U.S.-based International Food Policy Research Institute said in a paper released Thursday that global production of wheat and feed grains, including […]

“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 Washington Post.   “Joseph Glauber, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, said that he and many other experts initially thought this was […]

“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 The Economist. “Some had hoped that Ukraine would continue to export through […]

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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 agricultural production of cassava in light of environmental needs and climate change.  About half the world’s population depends on rice as a […]

New problems as a key agricultural trade route is cut off.

“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. Russia’s exit could again threaten food prices, and food insecurity, worldwide,” writes Vox.  “The Black Sea Grain Initiative was “never a panacea for Ukrainian agriculture,” said […]

“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. The Kremlin’s move immediately sparked concern, particularly in food insecure countries,” NPR reports.  Joseph Glauber, a senior research […]

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