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Monitor published an article stating that the Indonesian government wants to strengthen local food substitution as a pillar of the strength of the Indonesian nation. According to IFPRI, throughout June 2022, several countries such as Russia, India, Serbia, Egypt, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kosovo implemented export restriction policies (see IFPRI tool, Food & Fertilizer Export […]

The Business Standard published an article on the release of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. The report finds that climate change in Bangladesh will reduce agricultural productivity and disrupt supply chains, putting pressure on livelihoods, and threatening to significantly increase hunger and malnutrition. As per near-term projections estimated by the IFPRI, Bangladesh will see […]

Sentinel Assam published an article stating that IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report projects that India’s food production could drop by 6.8% under the impact of climate change and the risk for hunger could increase by 23 percent by 2030, which has cast a shadow over the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. 

Council on Foreign Relations posted a blog post stating that among the many dangers threatening the very foundation of the Nigerian state is the government’s increasing reliance on internal and external borrowing to finance its operations. In recent weeks, various international organizations, private entities, senior government officials, and former government functionaries have decried the Buhari […]

Reuters published an article stating that around the world, efforts to set aside land for conservation are being squeezed by the ravages of climate change impacts including worsening drought, the growth in human settlements, and the loss of tourism revenue through the COVID-19 pandemic. “Expansion of agricultural areas has been a key factor in the […]

Washington Post published an article on how costs are down from their peaks in the Ukraine war but are still up compared with last year. Pressure on commodity markets also eased after Wall Street speculators began selling their holdings in response to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate increases, which made bets on rising commodity prices less […]

Data Indonesia published an article on how the war in Ukraine has affected other countries worldwide. The war between Russia and Ukraine had a huge impact on the economy, especially the supply of food. As a result of the war, Ukraine was forced to stop the export of several food commodities to protect its domestic […]

CNBC Indonesia published an article stating that the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) asks the public and the food industry to continue to be alert to the potential for a global food crisis. IFPRI data (see IFPRI tool, Food & Fertilizer Export Restrictions Tracker) show that throughout June 2022, there were various export restriction policies in […]

The Daily Star published an article stating around 22.3 percent more rural Bangladeshi households reported food insecurity — 18 months after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic than pre-pandemic times, according to an IFPRI and Cornell University study that conducted three rounds of socioeconomic phone surveys in rural areas of Bangladesh in June 2020, January […]

Agri-Pulse published an article stating the average value of American cropland across the country has risen by about 14 percent in 2022 as strong commodity prices and inflation eclipsed rising input and other production costs. It was the second straight year farmers saw substantial increases in the value of their land, with some of the […]