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Gas crisis now hits fertilizer, threatens food security (Business Standard News)
July 18, 2022
Business Standard News published an article stating that experts fear a food crisis if the situation continues or worsens and farmers do not get a timely fertilizer supply. A shortage of gas supply is also taking its toll on fertilizer production in India and threatening kharip crops there. India’s agriculture subsidy has surged and ensuring […]
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What is food security? (State Department)
July 18, 2022
State Department’s (Stories) published a blog post on what food security is. Having enough safe and nutritious food to eat. According to IFPRI, almost a third of the world’s wheat exports and 60 percent of the world’s sunflower oil exports come from Russia and Ukraine. For every 100 calories’ worth of food traded around the […]
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Protests spread to Panama as inflation, gas prices strangle developing world (Daily Wire)
July 18, 2022
Daily Wire published an article about how widespread protests have gripped Panama for weeks as residents grow frustrated over high gas prices and rising inflation. News of the protests in Panama follows a collapse of the government in Sri Lanka, which occurred as residents grew frustrated over food and fuel prices. Russia and Ukraine produce […]
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Pandemic setbacks, malnutrition (Business World)
July 18, 2022
Business World published a podcast with executive editor for public policy, Neeta Misra who spoke with Purnima Menon, senior research fellow on the impact of the pandemic on malnutrition. Menon said we know that a lot of what we see on malnutrition is affected by what happens in food systems, health systems, and what happens […]
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Working together to prevent potential food crises (Yahoo)
July 17, 2022
Yahoo Indonesia published an article stating that the war in Ukraine has the potential to create a severe food crisis that could lead to starvation for many people in various parts of the earth. According to IFPRI, Russia and Ukraine are producing countries for 30-40 percent of the world’s wheat. Republished in Antara (Indonesia), World […]
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The real reason the price of margarine has skyrocketed (Tasting Table)
July 17, 2022
Tasting Table published an article stating that many products and commodities are seeing lower prices, down from their highest highs, however, senior research fellow Joseph Glauber says he doesn’t see food prices overall going down anytime soon. “It [prices] still seems to be increasing. Fruits and vegetables are up about 8 percent, dairy products are […]
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Climate-related mobility and conflict: pathways to peace and human security (International Migration Forum)
July 16, 2022
International Migration Forum produced a podcast of a co-hosted a side event from the CGIAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the topic of “Climate-related mobility and conflict: Pathways to peace and human security” at the United Nations International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) 2022. Katrina Kosec (Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, IFPRI and […]
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Climate has its last laugh to create food havoc (The Business Standard News)
July 15, 2022
Business Standard News (Bangladesh) published an article about how recent heavy floods in Bangladesh have taken a heavy toll on life, livelihoods, and infrastructures, and caused extensive damage to crops and livestock, raising worries for future food supplies. Climate change is affecting countries worldwide from floods to droughts, from wildfires to torrential rains to changes […]
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Healthy diet costs are skyrocketing, reversing gains: World Bank (Devex Dish)
July 15, 2022
Devex Dish published an article stating the cost of a healthy diet is shooting up, with people in lower-income countries most at risk of being unable to afford proper nutrition. Director General Johan Swinnen warned about current trends in food prices. “We have to start looking at these things much more from a resilience perspective rather than […]
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Real crisis, world countries begin to be stingy in selling food (CNBC Indonesia)
July 15, 2022
CNBC Indonesia published an article on how the current world trade conditions are not good, especially in food commodities and their supporters. There is a trend that producing countries are starting to be stingy or restrict exports to other countries. This is allegedly in order to maintain food stability in his own country amid the […]



