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Dhaka Tribune published an article stating how countries have pursued restrictive export measures in response to the Ukraine conflict, thereby putting significant pressure on countries like Bangladesh that largely depend on imports for key food and fertilizer products. The current spate of export restrictions by some countries is impacting over 31 percent of Bangladesh’s imported […]

Newsweek published an article stating how grocery costs are up around 12 percent from last year in part due to factors such as the war in Ukraine and post-farm factors including processing, packaging, and transporting costs, the impact on families is becoming more apparent. Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow, told Newsweek: “On average, food […]

TIME Magazine published an article about how Sri Lanka and its economic turmoil have brought the South Asian nation to a point of instability precipitated by its disastrous shift to organic farming—posing new questions about the viability of sustainable agriculture.  With 22 million people, Sri Lanka would have been the first to transition to organic […]

University World News published an article on how the World Bank-sponsored African Centers of Excellence (ACEs) implemented across the continent have contributed significantly to the growth in the number of doctorates and master’s degrees on the continent over the past eight years, graduating 2,370 Ph.D. and a total of 11,539 MSc degree students. One panelist […]

Barron’s published an article about how inflation has reached its highest level since 1981, and some of the biggest increases are coming at the supermarket. The food at home portion of the index has surged 12.2 percent over the last 12 months—its largest increase since April 1979. “That’s a huge increase,” said Joseph Glauber, a […]

GZero published an article stating that shortages as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine have aggravated a pre-existing global food crisis that could push a billion people — most of them in the poorest parts of the world — into starvation. It’s not just one thing: droughts, COVID-induced supply chain snarls, and high energy […]

Forbes published an article stating that on Sunday Blinken said, “President Putin is stopping food from being shipped and aggressively using his propaganda machine to deflect or distort responsibility because he hopes it’ll get the world to give in to him and end the sanctions… In other words, quite simply put, it’s blackmail.” Russia’s naval […]

TIME Magazine published an article stating that even though there is enough food to feed everyone, the world is looking at an emerging food crisis. Millions of people are already experiencing poverty because of soaring food prices, and as of July 12, at least 19 countries have imposed export restrictions on agricultural goods in the […]

GZero published an article published a summary of a seminar that quotes IFPRI. Global food prices have been going through the roof over the past few months — but there’s some good news on the horizon.  Weather permitting, the prices of key commodities like wheat are now almost back to their levels before Russia invaded […]

Trade Magazin (Hungary) published an article stating the curbs on food trade have been dealt a huge blow after major agreements were reached at the WTO in Geneva. IFPRI disclosed that 17.22 percent of Kcal turnover in international food trade was subject to export bans, higher tariffs, or other trade barriers this year. IFPRI data […]