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New Zealand Herald published an article stating that things weren’t great to start with. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began two years ago, global supply networks have been seriously disrupted. Factories have been closed. Ships have been stuck in long queues to offload their cargoes. Supplies of primary resources have been slowed. Now, just as the […]

Inkstick published an article stating that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not only created global food insecurity but is also damaging the environment. A study by IFPRI found the rising demand for biofuels to be one of the main drivers contributing to the 2008 food crisis by causing the demand for grain and vegetable oil […]

RFi (France) published an article stating that to cover wheat shortages following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, African countries are looking to other sources or trying to use local-based alternatives in order to provide bread each day. However, this is also causing a spike in food prices. “What is coming immediately is an increase in price, […]

Nature published an article by several authors, including IFPRI senior research fellows Derek Headey, David Laborde, and division director Marie Ruel (MTID). The authors write that as the devastation in Ukraine continues to unfold, many of the warnings about the global food crisis precipitated by the war have focused on the risks of famine and […]

Indian Express published an op-ed by senior research fellow Devesh Roy and Neelkanth Mishra, co-head of Asia Pacific Strategy and India Strategist for Credit Suisse. The op-ed authors write, “India’s prospects for sustained wheat exports are limited. The surplus stocks are a fraction of the quantity exported annually by Russia and Ukraine. India faces strong […]

Agweb published an article that before Putin’s forces even breached the Ukraine border, fear and speculation drove commodity prices skyward. According to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber, concerns are warranted: Trade disruptions in energy, fertilizer, and grains are inevitable. In fact, effects are likely to last for years, possibly even decades. Egypt and Yemen, which […]

iNews (U.K.) published an article stating that global food prices could spike 37 percent due to Russia’s assault on Ukraine. The World Food Programme, the world’s largest humanitarian organization, usually buys around 50 percent of its grain from Ukraine, known as the “breadbasket of Europe.” But grain exports from both countries have almost entirely shut […]

Business Day Nigeria published an article stating that increasing temperature, erratic rainfall, and other extreme events, such as floods and droughts, pose severe threats to Nigeria’s food production, particularly in the central and northern regions where rainfall is limited and agriculture is the backbone of the economy. Solar-powered groundwater irrigation is seen as a potentially […]

Chatham House published a podcast that featured senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber spoke on various angles related to the global food supply, demand, and price spikes. He said, “Wheat is a globally traded commodity, and when we see disruptions like drought or what we’re seeing in Ukraine, buyers are able to get wheat, but […]

Yahoo Sport published an article stating that in an effort to cover wheat shortages following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, African countries are looking to other sources, or trying to use local-based alternatives in order to provide bread each day. However, this is also causing a spike in food prices. Research fellow Kibrom Abay said, “What is […]