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Financial Times reports on global fertilizer and crop prices which it writes have fallen sharply since their peaks after last year’s Russian attack on Ukraine. Yet agriculture specialists and analysts have warned that the world’s food supplies are still under threat. Food prices were already elevated before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine early last year, due […]

Food imports in Egypt account for more than 40 percent of the calories consumed by Egyptians (FAO), writes CNN Business (Arabic) in a report on the food crisis in the country.  What is known is that Egypt is the largest importer of wheat in the world, and it used to import about 85 percent of […]

El País, in an article about the food crisis in Egypt, quoted IFPRI findings from a recent issue post in the High Food & Fertilizer Prices and War in Ukraine series and interviewed Sikandra Kurdi, IFPRI research fellow based in Cairo, one of the coauthors.  The economic shock caused by the war in Ukraine – nearly 85% of wheat imports […]

After last year’s rampant food inflation, a drop in prices of goods from wheat to fertilizers is raising hopes for some respite in 2023. But multiple risks remain, writes Bloomberg in its newsletter on food prices. “Food prices will probably climb this year unless there’s major debt relief and financial support from the international community, […]

The role of women in agriculture and the household will be discussed in an upcoming conference, reports Presse Gauche in a piece on the agriculture sector and women’s roles. There has been a renewed interest in rural women and the role they play in agriculture. This is due to the renewed focus on agriculture – […]

Press Bee writes in an article about how Egypt is dealing with the economic crisis that has turned into a food crisis. The country, it writes in an article is too reliant on exports and the government wants to reduce the unemployment rate by relying on domestic production. The government wants to expand the field […]

Due to lack of facilities including investment, adequate land for extending shrimp farms, modernized technologies and support from the authorities concerned, country’s shrimp farming hasn’t improved in a desired level, writes the Daily Observer (India) in a report on a recent workshop, ‘Expert Consultation Workshop.” The article writes that instead of seeing those improvements, in […]

Panic over food supplies spiked in the early months of the war between Russia and Ukraine, writes Agri-Pulse in a short summary of the latest news. These fears about food access for populations spurred countries like Indonesia and India to curb exports of agricultural commodities. But export restrictions are now on the decline, and prices have […]

Dutch Multimedia published an article stating that domestic food price inflation remains high globally. Information between September and December 2022 shows high inflation in almost all low- and middle-income countries. The article quotes from an analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). IFPRI surveyed 44 low- and middle-income countries and found the potential […]

In Egypt, butchers say they are shutting up shop as the costs of supplying goods to customers have risen so high that many have stopped buying and eating red meat, reports Mada Masr.com. With the rates suppliers are offering, butchers would have to hike the purchasing price for consumers still further, a move they fear […]

Farm Progress, in a report on food prices, writes, the rate of inflation may ease a bit in the coming months, but that won’t come as much relief for growers and consumers still facing mounting costs, two financial experts acknowledge.  Despite rising commodity, labor, and energy costs, the farm value of retail food prices has […]

The income support to farmers under PM-KISAN scheme may be enhanced to `8,000 from `6,000/year, in the upcoming Budget as it seeks to provide a modicum of consumption booster, despite the budgetary focus on macroeconomic stability, writes the Indian Express in an article. The enhancement in the PM-KISAN amount could be for a year and […]

The Irish Examiner published an op-ed by John Whelan on food prices. He writes that Ireland’s food and drink exporters are thinking about where things will stand in 2023. The rampant increase in exports last year as reported by Bord Bia was mainly driven by the sector pushing up prices. This is unlikely to continue […]

Rassad published a long piece on the results of a study conducted by (IFPRI) the International Food Policy Research Institute.  IFPRI conducted a survey of more than 6,000 poor and semi-poor households from all over Egypt by phone in October and November 2022. The researchers wanted to know how households dealt with food insecurity, food […]

The South Asia region has about a quarter of the world’s population and is projected to grow to about 40 percent by 2050. It bears a high burden of poverty and undernutrition, writes the Wire in a report about trade, nutrition, and food security. About 42 percent of the world’s poor, earning less than US$1.25 […]

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