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Washington Post published an article on how the war in Ukraine, drought, and competition with biofuels have put the squeeze on food oils. According to IFPRI (see the blog post, The impact of the Ukraine crisis on the global vegetable oil market), the rising cost of cooking oil. Extreme weather and the war in Ukraine […]

Iowa Farmers published an article stating that there are a lot of issues facing agriculture this spring, but two that generate a great deal of discussion are Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and Ukraine. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said, “Even prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we had high (commodity and input) prices.” Prior […]

Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky, USA) published an article on how President Biden vowed to help American farmers try to ease a global spike in food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as he visited a family farm Wednesday and unrolled policies meant to increase harvests in ways that the administration believes could also help to […]

AEI published a report/analysis by senior research fellows Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. They write, following a variety of recent shocks, prices of corn, soybeans, sunflower oil, and wheat on global markets are at near-record highs, while world stocks are low when compared to other recent price spikes; Low-income countries, whose families spend large shares […]

New York Times published an article on how Ukraine’s wheat exports have been mostly halted since Russia’s invasion, while drought has damaged crops in India and the United States. China’s upcoming harvest is another concern. According to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber, “China has a sizable stockpile of wheat for emergencies. But some of the […]

Egypt Today published an article discussing the Agreement on Financing the Sustainable Transformation for Agricultural Resilience in Upper Egypt (STAR) between Egypt and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that was signed in Rome on 28/1/2022 and in Cairo on 9/2/2022, and approved by Egypt’s House of Representatives on May 8. In an interview […]

CBS News (Money Watch) produced a video interview on rising wheat prices that included Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. In the interview, Glauber was asked about the input Americans might see on the price of wheat. He said, “We’ve seen most of the inflation we’re going to see right now. It’s running about 10 percent […]

The Fence Post published an article discussing the White House proposal sent to Congress to provide an additional $500 million in domestic food production assistance through higher loan rates and crop insurance incentives. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber issued a series of tweets in which he said that it would not be good policy for […]

Islamic Republic News Agency published an article stating that Tehran – IRNA – Axius News Agency reported that the staggering costs of fertilizers, in addition to increasing food prices, threaten food security around the world. According to IFPRI, data collected show that the prices of NPK fertilizers (including three elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) in […]

The Conversation published an op-ed by IFPRI researchers Kibrom Abay and Gurush Berhane, and CYMMIT Spatial Economist Jordan Chamberlin with contributors, Kibrom Tafare, and Mihari Abay. The authors write that the Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world’s attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises elsewhere. In particular, […]