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This Day Live (Nigeria) published an article stating that the COVID-19 global pandemic affected the health and economy of developed and developing countries alike. While the healthcare system faced huge pressure, the deepening effect of COVID-19 plunged many countries into activating unprepared economic measures – the shutdown of economic activities. According to IFPRI research, Nigeria’s […]

Daily Nebraskan published an article about a seminar, Global Food Security: Political, Economic, and Climate Challenges at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber covered short-term causes for international food insecurity, specifically citing issues related to COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine for rising production costs. He pointed towards difficulties in increasing grains and fertilizer prices, which he attributed partially […]

The Economic Times (India) published a commentary stating that there is enough food produced globally to feed the world’s entire population. The problem lies in its supply and fair distribution. According to IFPRI, various restrictions affect about 17 percent of total calories traded in the world. Among others, there have been trade or supply chain restrictions on grain from Russia […]

New Age Business features a seminar on October 17-18 in Kathmandu, Nepal, which focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on specific value chains in Bangladesh and India and the rise in food insecurity and seasonal poverty in South Asian countries. The editors and authors of a special issue of the Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy, […]

Freshers Live reports that the burning of crop residue, a customary practice by Punjab and Haryana paddy growers has led to an estimated economic loss of over $30 billion annually.

Nate published an article stating that FAO predicted that Myanmar’s rice production this year will fall below the average of the past five years. Myanmar’s rice production is expected to reach 23.8 million tonnes this year, down 10 percent from the average over the past five years. It is said that the decisive factor is […]

Sacramento Bee published an article stating that grocery store prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, have soared 13 percent over the past year. The economic consensus is food prices will likely ease next year, but there’s little agreement on precisely when that will be obvious to consumers. Joseph Glauber, a senior research […]

CBC (Canada) published an article stating that grocery food prices are soaring. Vegetable oil had seen increases long before the Ukraine War. An analysis by IFPRI noted that supply tightened prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to drought in South America, a typhoon in Malaysia, and labor shortages due to restrictions on mobility […]

Financial Times published an article on how India is struggling to wean itself off subsidies that encourage overuse. India’s “green revolution” was hailed globally for combining policy and scientific advances in agriculture — bringing food security to the newly independent country. A surge in yields and production of staple crops, such as rice and wheat, […]

Neo Kohn published an extensive interview with senior research fellow David Laborde on how the food crisis can affect Europe and why replacing Russian gas with liquefied gas is not a solution. Laborde said, “Even before the war, the food market was tight, meaning that supply was somewhat low while demand was high and food […]