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Virtual Event: March 2, 2023 – 9:00 AM- 10:30 AM EST. This Policy Seminar will introduce the new health and nutrition (HN) and market inclusion (MI) indicators and explain how they can guide nutrition-sensitive and market inclusion elements of agricultural development projects.

Revisiting a key policy debate in light of high food prices.

Upgrade (Austria) published an article on food production and how experts see the challenges ahead.   With a global population already more than 8 billion and one in ten people suffering from hunger, improving food security amid climate change concerns, requires international coordination and transdisciplinary collaboration, say experts including Charlotte Hebebrand, the Communications and Public […]

Max Armstrong’s Farm Progress America is a daily podcast that looks at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness. In this episode, Max Armstrong reports that as the U.S. economy slows inflation will fall as well. Armstrong summarized comments from […]

In a light, yet serious op-ed on the increase in food prices, Yeshiva World used potato kugel, a pudding-like dish made with grated or pureed potatoes, onions, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, to examine food prices. It seems that there are four major factors that have contributed to the “potato kugel crisis,” Labor, along with […]

As part of a summary of significant discussions in agriculture and related topics, Devex Dish wrote that the share of exports affected by restrictions has fallen by 50 percent since May 2022. A new analysis from the International Food Policy Research Institute shows that the impact of food export restrictions imposed after the Russian invasion […]

A new digital infrastructure for farmers and an accelerator fund to encourage startups were among the major announcements in India’s latest budget, writes Live Mint in a story. The digital public infrastructure for agriculture will be built as an open-source public good that will enable farmer-centric solutions. The proposed digital agri-stack will aid farmers with […]

Almawq3, in a piece on inflation in Egypt, writes that a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute found that eight-five percent of Egyptian families dispensed with meat; seventy-five percent dispensed with poultry, dairy, and eggs, and sixty-one percent reduced their consumption of fish. Approximately twenty-five percent reduced their consumption of bread Egyptian families […]

The Star (Myanmar) published an article on the current state of politics and lost progress over the past two years. Armed conflict started in February 2021, but some are hopeful that a new election will turn turmoil into something workable for its citizens. However, many experts see little hope for negotiation.  More than 1.5 million […]

India’s agriculture sector has been witnessing robust growth with an average annual growth rate of 4.6 percent over the last six years, writes the India Tribune in an article about improvements to food security in India.  Agriculture and related sectors contributed significantly toward  India’s overall growth, development, and food security. Measures taken by the government […]

KLSE Screener (China) writes in a piece that recently fertilizer and grain prices have fallen globally from their post-Russia-Ukraine war peaks last year. The article explains that agricultural experts and analysts have warned that global food supplies remain under threat from geopolitical uncertainty and climate change. The British “Financial Times” reported that the Black Sea grain […]

News Wires published a story on the fertilizer markets. The article states the market is expected to grow from US$ 3,512.65 million in 2022 to US$ 4,050.19 million by 2028; it is expected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 2.4 percent from 2022 to 2028.  The demand for fertilizers in many […]

La Prensa Latina writes in its piece on inflation that according to a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) meat consumption has fallen by 85 percent in Egypt since March. The cost of meat has jumped by 100 percent in just a few months, from 80 to 160 Egyptian pounds ($2.65 to […]

A Commod Africa article reports in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, export restrictions, and/or suspension measures on several agricultural products were put in place by some countries. These decisions helped propel the prices of certain products to new heights and increase market volatility. At the peak of the crisis near the end of […]

Pakistan has been dealing with food insecurity for a while. Heavy rains have claimed many lives and damaged and destroyed public infrastructure, writes Action Contrela Faim in a report on climate crises in the country. In Pakistan’s southwest province, Balochistan, a heatwave followed by heavy, monsoon rains inflamed an already disastrous situation leading to catastrophic […]

CFI (China) published an article on the multiple global crises and the challenges ahead. Challenges include the Black Sea food deal that could likely collapse, along with energy price volatility, and climate change threatening to destroy food production, the world remains in the midst of a historic food crisis. In the past two years, the […]

In a report on trends for African agriculture, Project Syndicate wrote that with soaring food prices, climate change, and rapid population growth undermining food security in Africa, the continent is in dire need of an agricultural revolution. While the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have exacerbated global food insecurity, throwing millions into extreme poverty […]

Despite the fact that prices for fertilizers and grains have fallen sharply after peaking in 2022, the global grain market remains under threat not only due to geopolitical tensions but also due to climate change, wrote Forbes.ru in a report on climate change and global markets. After three consecutive years of unfavorable conditions of the […]