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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

Despite some improvements in yields and farmer adoption of modern technical practices, significant structural problems continue to plague the sector.  To better understand the problems faced by the shrimp sector, CGIAR, a global research platform, conducted a study to document the issues faced by the sector, including interviews with 25 multi-stakeholder experts. The preliminary results […]

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 […]