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How farmers are rising to a fertilizer shortfall (DW)
April 08, 2026
DW spoke with IFPRI’s Joseph Glauber and Avinash Kishore to discuss what farmers around the world are doing to save their crops in a situation of a global fertilizer shortage sparked by the war in Iran.
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Integrating nutrient supplements and WASH into agriculture programs improves child micronutrient status in Burkina Faso
April 08, 2026
New IFPRI-led research finds that adding nutrient supplements and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions into gender-sensitive agriculture programs can significantly improve young children’s iron and vitamin A status, especially when support starts at 6 months of age and covers the whole complementary feeding period until 23 months of age.
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World Health Day 2026: Trade wars reshape nutrition security opportunities (Nutrition Insight)
April 07, 2026
In a World Health Day feature on nutrition and global trade, Nutrition Insight highlights analysis from IFPRI’s Purnima Menon on how global trade disruptions, conflicts, and economic shocks affect food affordability, diet diversity, and nutrition security.
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The Gulf built a fertilizer superpower. Now it’s under strain (WIRED Middle East)
April 02, 2026
WIRED.me quotes Charlotte Hebebrand in the article focusing on the the Gulf fertilizer industry—and why the ongoing escalating conflict is putting global food systems under strain.
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The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices (AP)
March 27, 2026
AP quotes IFPRI’s Joseph Glauber on how the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruptions are tightening global fertilizer supplies. He warns farmers may switch to less fertilizer-intensive crops or apply less fertilizer, reducing yields.
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Middle East conflict and food security in Africa (BBC)
March 24, 2026
This issue of BBC’s “Focus on Africa” looks at how the conflict in the Middle East is affecting the supply of fertilizer on the African continent–with insights from Oliver Kirui, IFPRI Research Fellow and Acting Country Program Leader for Nigeria and Ghana.
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Keeping seeds, feeding families: The quiet labour of women farmers (Indian Express)
March 24, 2026
Indian Express quotes Mamata Pradhan in the article looking at how women farmers are quietly safeguarding India’s food systems against climate uncertainty.
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What’s really driving your grocery bill up? (CGTN America)
March 23, 2026
CGTN spoke with IFPRI’s Joseph Glauber about how the Strait of Hormuz crisis could drive up fertilizer and food prices worldwide.
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Could the Strait of Hormuz crisis lead to a global food emergency? (CGTN Europe)
March 23, 2026
IFPRI’s Joseph Glauber spoke to CGTN Europe in London to discuss the impact of the Strait of Hormuz crisis on food security.
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Could Iran war trigger the next global food shock? (Al Jazeera English)
March 21, 2026
In an interview with Al Jazeera, IFPRI’s Joseph Glauber discussed how an escalating conflict involving Iran could reverberate through global food and fertilizer markets—particularly given the region’s critical role in trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz.