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One Acre Fund reports that agriculture has always been deeply dependent on the weather, with farmers needing a steady mixture of sun, warmth, and rains in order to reliably produce the food that all of humanity depends on for survival. Now, these once predictable growing cycles are at risk from climate change, and smallholders are […]

The Economist examines the implications of the Black Sea Grain Deal suspension, looking at how Putin’s attempt at grain blackmail highlights a wider problem: food supplies are often disrupted by men with guns. “Indeed, of the 828m people who do not get enough food, nearly 60% live in countries racked by conflict. Armed violence is […]

PBS published an update to its story on Russia’s suspension of the grain deal. PBS writes that diplomatic efforts salvaged the wartime agreement allowing Ukrainian grain and other commodities to leave the Black Sea region port. Ukraine formally committed to use the established safe shipping corridor between southern Ukraine and Turkey “exclusively in accordance with […]

Hindustan, in this article, examined how ongoing and varied changes in climate will affect future food security in India. This year, changes in crop production patterns due to weather changes like an unusual heatwave in the spring ruined wheat crops and trimmed yields. These changes in climate affect regional and national politics, global geopolitics, and […]

Financial Times (UK) published an article on Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative that could have ‘catastrophic consequences’ for poorer countries bringing in Lebanon as an example. Reliant on Ukraine for up to 60 percent of its wheat, Lebanon acutely felt the impact of Russia’s Black Sea blockade, but shortages were eased after […]

Krishak Jagat (India) re-published a CGIAR/IFPRI blog on the recent World Food Price Borlaug Dialogue where Johan Swinnen, CGIAR Managing Director, Systems Transformation, and Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) presented CGIAR work, research, and future plans and activities. The discussion focused on both rapid responses to the food crisis and […]

Hindustan Times, in an article on manifestations of climate change in India, quotes the IFPRI 2022 Global Food Policy Report, saying that climate change may “force many Indians into famine by 2030 owing to a reduction in agricultural productivity” and cause “ripple effects across the food supply chain.”  Republished in MSN and Press Reader 

Farmers Weekly (via Scribd) posted a commentary on an overlooked aspect of the plant-based foods debate. In western nations, climate change activists are holding attention-grabbing protests, such as flinging soup onto a Van Gogh painting. These organizations target dairy products in particular for what they claim is an industry that is destructive to the environment. […]

Concerns about climate change and its effects on Africa were foremost in a statement by the Ghanaian Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh on the floor of Parliament, writes the Daily Guide Network (Ghana). Making a statement on COP 27 and the future of sustainability on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, Mr. Annoh-Dompreh, who is […]

Krishak Jagat (India) re-published a CGIAR/IFPRI blog on the recent World Food Price Borlaug Dialogue where Johan Swinnen, CGIAR Managing Director, Systems Transformation, and Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) presented CGIAR work, research, and future plans and activities. The discussion focused on both rapid responses to the food crisis and […]