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Fortune Magazine published an article explaining that globally, many countries are suffering due to the disruption of wheat and other crops that come from the Black Sea Region. The article writes how this conflict has affected, for example, Indonesia, Egypt, and Turkey. combined furnish around 80% of all wheat imports to Turkey and Egypt, and […]

National Geographic published an article that explained the plight of farmers in Ukraine. The article said if they don’t succeed, experts warn, not only will many Ukrainians go hungry, but so will hundreds of millions around the world, perhaps triggering the greatest food crisis since World War II.  Ukraine and Russia together produce nearly 30 […]

The Conversation published an op-ed by senior research fellows Derek Headey and Kalle Hirvonen about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to disruptions of the global food supply. With sanctions on Russia and Ukraine unable to move its crops to its ports, 2022 is shaping up to be a very difficult year for […]

Foreign Policy reported on the fact that curtailed harvests and scarcer fertilizer all but promise hunger and hardship for tens of millions. Disruptions to harvests and global fertilizer production are driving up food prices and sending economic shock waves throughout the world. As the cutbacks and shortages bleed into the next planting season, experts warn […]

KQED’s The Forum produced a segment looking at the important role Ukraine plays in the global food supply chain, the impacts the war is having on it, and what is being done to prevent a deepening global hunger crisis. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. Among several comments, Glauber said, “We have to remember that most […]

DRG News published an article stating that the longer the Russia-Ukraine war continues, the greater the likely shortfall in global grain production. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber says planting is being prevented, ports and infrastructure areas destroyed, and sanctions and export controls are impeding Russian exports. “We’re going in very, very tight to begin with. […]

Bloomberg published an article that stated President Joe Biden and the leaders of top U.S. allies are exploring how to keep Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from causing a spike in global hunger as the war increasingly disrupts supplies of wheat and other goods from a region known as one of the world’s breadbaskets. The prospect […]

Economist published an article that stated that today Russia and Ukraine, respectively the largest and fifth-largest wheat exporters, together account for 29 percent of international annual sales. And after several poor harvests, frantic buying during the pandemic, and supply-chain issues since, global stocks are 31 percent below the five-year average. But this time it is […]

S&P Global published an interview on trade restrictions, and panic buying as key concerns for agriculture markets with senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. Glauber said that the biggest risk that he sees emerging from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that countries will try to regulate exports to keep prices low internally. “On the other side, […]

Successful Farming published an article describing what expert economists feel about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the global food supply. The Russian invasion of Ukraine will strain world grain supplies for months to come, driving up prices and inflation rates, said a panel of economists on Tuesday. “God, forbid we have a weather problem […]