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La Razon (International) published an article stating that a large amount of food and products have reached historical records, largely due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Of all the calories traded in the world, Ukraine and Russia account for 12 percent (or more than a tenth), according to IFPRI estimates. Although on the […]

NPR published a segment on how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused grain prices to rise. Russia and Ukraine supplied a quarter of the world’s wheat before the war. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said that the two countries “are global markets. So, what happens in Ukraine happens all over the world.  We’ve seen agricultural […]

The Week published an article stating that Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent food prices skyrocketing, leaving millions at risk of going hungry. Prices had already been trending upward due to global inflation and shortages caused by COVID-19, as well as the rise in gas prices that increased the cost of shipping. Now the war […]

Washington Post published an article on what parents can do to make sure children are eating healthy nutritious foods. In the first two years of life, a child will need to be fed approximately 3,000 times.  For some parents, that figure cues an exhausting montage: hundreds of veggies chopped into bite-sized portions; spoon after puree-laden […]

L’Independant wrote in an article stating that the war in Ukraine could plunge millions of people into starvation in the coming months. Ukrainian grain supply problems, coupled with sanctions against Russia, are driving up prices. Even before Russian tanks entered Ukraine, world grain prices were already higher than they were during the 2007-2008 food crisis, […]

Marketplace published an article on how its index of global food prices increased 12.6 percent in March from the month before, the highest it’s been since the U.N. started tracking prices more than three decades ago. According to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber, Countries might be tempted to keep all that food for domestic use, […]

Wilmington News Journal reported on how the situation in Ukraine has many of us concerned for many reasons. One of the concerns is the effect it may have on U.S. agriculture. The shock to global commodity markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is expected to be the largest in the post-war period, and certainly since […]

The Guardian published an article on global food prices rising to their highest ever levels in March as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said that before the invasion, prices were already near record highs because of limited global supplies. “Projected stock levels were already low relative to recent […]

WITA (Washington International Trade Association) published a webinar on global food security and how the wear in Ukraine affects it worldwide. The webinar included Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber who spoke on a variety of topics including “Prices are up all over the world and after the Russian invasion prices went up about 20 – […]

Cornell Chronicle announced that Johan Swinnen, Director-General will speak at Cornell. Global food systems expert Johan Swinnen, Ph.D. ’92, will explore in the talk, Transforming Global Food Systems After COVID-19, the lessons learned and the steps needed to prevent a hunger catastrophe in the first talk of a new speaker series dedicated to confronting the […]