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Movies Online published an article on the global food crisis. The article goes into detail about export restrictions that many countries are placing on markets in their own countries. India has placed some export restrictions in place. Division director Paul Dorosh (DSDG) said if India imposes strict restrictions on rice exports, it will be disastrous. […]

Der Spiegel published an article featuring senior research fellow David Laborde. In an in-depth interview, Der Spiegel asked Laborde several questions about how the blocked ports in the Black Sea and extreme droughts throughout the world have created a chain of crises worldwide, making food more expensive. Laborde says that global hunger was there before, […]

Hank Yung.com published an article on the worldwide shortage of sunflower oil due to the war in Ukraine. Cooling oil prices are soaring higher than grain. According to IFPRI, cheap palm oil accounted for 58 percent of the share of vegetable oil traded in the global market between 2019 and 2021. It was followed by […]

Al Jazeera published an article on how India balances its domestic needs and its exports of rice could prove the difference between food security & hunger for millions. Paul Dorosh, Division Director (Development Strategy and Governance Division) said, “If India imposes serious restrictions on rice exports, it would be pretty devastating, especially for some of the […]

Newsweek published an article stating that countries for months have been hoarding fertilizer—and now they are weaponizing it, making sales in return for geopolitical favors. Fertilizers and food shortages have pushed many countries to issue export bans to protect their countries. India, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Serbia, Russia, and Ukraine have prohibited wheat exports. According to IFPRI, […]

News Quest (Korea) published an article that states 45 out of a total of 57 export restriction cases occurred after the Ukrainian War with hikes of 45 percent for grain, 30 percent for oil, and an 80 percent fertilizer price hike. “We need to build a food supply chain.” According to IFPRI on the 9th, 20 countries, […]

Chosun published an article about the new report by the International Trade Research Institute of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) cited data from IFPRI in a report titled ‘Supply Chain Disturbances and Effects of Food Export Restrictions Measures’ on the 20th. 57 cases were reported. Looking at the details of the measures, 42 cases […]

Japan Times published an article stating that Putin claims it is Western selfishness and sanctions are to blame for the current food crisis that is driving up prices — not Russia’s invasion of one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, maize and sunflower oil. According to senior research fellow David Laborde, land routes are […]

California 18 published an article on how Russia has put the world in danger of famine with the blockade of grain exports from Ukraine and the restrictions on its own shipments. “Now we have to go around Europe to return to the Mediterranean. That has really added a huge cost to Ukrainian grain,” said senior […]

Associated Press (London) published an article on how grain is not leaving the Black Sea Region, threatening shortages, hunger, and political instability in developing countries.  This means food is even farther from those that need it. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said, “Now you have to go all the way around Europe to come back […]