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EFT Trends published an article about food prices at an all-time high and how demand continues to grow. The agriculture industry is embracing new technologies to achieve greater yields in a more environmentally sustainable way. This article included an IFPRI graph titled, “Russia/Ukraine Conflict: Largest Disruption to Global Food Markets Since 2008.” 

First Post published an article stating that the Global Report on Food Crises, 2022 by World Food Programme revealed that levels of hunger all across the world remain alarmingly high. The year 2021 broke all previous records since close to 193 million people across 53 countries were acutely food insecure. Many countries, now, are looking […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce published an article on how the global trading system is increasingly under pressure as it weathers disruptions stemming from the ongoing pandemic, trade disputes, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. approach to trade is also being questioned by some politicians and interest groups who deem international trade harmful to American […]

Baking Business published an article stating that amid the chaos currently prevailing in ingredient markets and the urgency with which bakers and other food manufacturers are working to keep production facilities supplied, longer-term global implications of the crisis hover ominously. Primary among questions is concern about the future of free trade and open markets. Prompt […]

People’s Gazette (Greece) published an article about Greece’s willingness to provide ships to help export grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, blocked by Russia amidst continuous conflict since February. Ukraine provides 10 percent of the world’s wheat, 14 percent of the world’s corn, and 47 percent of all sunflower oil on the planet. According to […]

Bloomberg published an article on how global grain markets are at a pivot point, with prices finally starting to ease after a dizzying surge earlier this year. Where things go from here could end up being determined by farmers. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has stifled exports from a region that’s known as the world’s breadbasket. […]

Michigan State University published an article stating that researchers at Michigan State University have won a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to determine what level of aflatoxin M1 is safe to ingest from milk to prevent unnecessary waste.  Aflatoxins are a group of toxins produced by fungi (Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus […]

Siasat Daily (Bangladesh) published an article on how rice imports in flood-hit Bangladesh will rise in the coming months. Sources said that several private importers have already placed orders with Indian rice exporters. According to IFPRI, as the Russia-Ukraine crisis continues to disrupt the global trade of key foods such as wheat and vegetable oils, […]

CNBC International produced a video featuring senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber discussed the tight markets (due to decreased stockpiles and high food prices) that were already in place prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The markets are very much focused on the Northern Hemisphere crops just planted and those coming to harvest this […]

Phys.org published an article stating that global supply issues related to the pandemic and war in Ukraine have highlighted yet another global vulnerability: food availability. While international trade allows countries to buffer against domestic food shortfalls and gain access to larger markets, what happens when supplies run short, or the global supply chain slows or […]