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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]