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Bloomberg published an op-ed by the Bloomberg editors stating that food prices have risen to record levels around the world, fueling poverty, hunger, and political instability. While there are no quick fixes to the crisis, better-off countries should at least strive not to make it worse. This op-ed included a figure created by IFPRI, titled, […]

Daily Star published an article on a workshop that presented results from an IFPRI study, ‘Effect of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi Women Immigrants.’ Panelists at the workshop stated that female migrant workers should be provided with sufficient skills training, including learning the host country’s language for their empowerment and safety in receiving countries. A strong network […]

Prothom Alo (Bangladesh) published a summary of a workshop that discussed the IFPRI titled, ‘Effect of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi Women Immigrants.’ IFPRI conducted the study on 655 female migrant workers returning to the country from July to August last year. Results show that many migrant women are in dire straits in terms of quality of life […]

The Paper (China) published an article explaining how in the past two years, global food prices have continued to rise due to rising oil prices, climate disasters such as drought, and the recovery of demand for agricultural products after the new crown epidemic. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has engulfed the world’s two major grain exporters, exacerbating […]

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 […]