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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 […]

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 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, […]

CNN published an article about how it’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations. In turn, Beijing has left its retaliatory tariffs on some agricultural products, including soybeans, and some American-made […]

Financial Times published an article stating that rising protectionism is exacerbating chaos in global food markets brought on by the war in Ukraine, with governments clamping down on exports of staples including grains, cooking oil, and pulses. Soaring food prices and, in some cases, the threat of social unrest has led to an increase in […]

NPR published an article stating that this year, many Ukrainian farmers were forced to flee their land as Russian forces moved in with their tanks. Ukraine is one of the biggest producers of wheat, corn, and sunflower oil, and the war has wreaked havoc on the so-called “breadbasket of Europe.” Ukraine and Russia together account […]

Axios published an article that the rolling crises of the past few years rendered visible so many vital commodities that plenty of us never gave much thought — nickel, silicon chips, lumber. The latest entrant into this camp: Fertilizer. Skyrocketing fertilizer costs — like those made from nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) — are driving […]

C&EN published an article on how companies are considering new ways to make fertilizer as inflation, disease, and war push prices to all-time highs. The war in Ukraine is highlighting that centralized nitrogen fertilizer production can be a problem. Countries without much access to natural gas are scrambling for alternatives. Brazil gets about 19 percent […]

WTO published a report on a seminar that explored explore the conceptual linkages between food security, policy frameworks, and trade and markets, drawing on empirical evidence and experience at the national and regional level. Senior research coordinator Valeria Pineiro participated in this seminar and gave a presentation on “IFPRI: Looking Ahead: Policy Responses to Emerging […]