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Devex Dish (Devex Newsletter) published a roundup of interesting topics and quotations from experts. Senior research fellow James Thurlow was quoted. He said, “Agrifood system investments are an investment in poverty reduction and long-term economic development, and so we shouldn’t bypass them in order to build back better.” Devex Dish also reported on findings from […]

ABC Australia produced an interview with senior research fellow David Laborde who was asked about the significance of the conflict on the food supply. Laborde said, “The war has significantly impacted the world food supply because people are panicking and there is a trickle-down aspect. Since February, even before the war, some shipments from Ukraine […]

DW wrote in an article that the Middle Eastern and North African countries rely heavily on wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine. The current war could lead to a severe food crisis in a region already under pressure. Senior research fellow David Laborde said, “The Black Sea is of strategic importance for Ukraine’s wheat supply […]

Agri-Pulse published an article on how the war in Ukraine is threatening to cut global grain supplies and worsen food insecurity, leading to proposals to ramp up agricultural production in the United States and Europe by planting crops this year on conservation acreage. Ukraine, a major global supplier of wheat, corn, and vegetable oil might […]

YLE published an article (also, published on radio) about how the war in Ukraine is causing major disruptions to the world food market and raising food prices sharply. Poor urban dwellers in developing countries will feel the worst consequences. The pandemic caused supply difficulties, the global harvest remained weak and prices began to skyrocket as […]

YLE (Finland) published an article on how Russia and Belarus are the world’s leading producers of fertilizers and their raw materials. Access to those products has and will continue to be more difficult to obtain. Attempts are now being made to reduce dependence on Russia. According to data collected by the IFPRI (see maps in […]

Frontline- The Hindu published an article on how the ongoing war in Ukraine could put the ongoing war in Ukraine could cause a severe wheat shortage in West Asia and North Africa. The Black Sea is of strategic importance for Ukraine’s wheat supply chain as exports to the MENA region are exclusively shipped by sea, […]

Borsa Gundem (Turkey) published an article stating that the war between Russia and Ukraine, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, has jeopardized this year’s harvest. In the Middle East and North Africa, which are dependent on shipments via the Black Sea, the concern for a bottleneck is increasing. Senior research fellow David Laborde states that […]

Forbes (Spain) published an article on how the scarcity of vegetable oil has reopened the debate on food versus biofuels in countries like the United States, which for oil producers means only one thing: long live the economy based on fossil fuels. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said, “People are going to find supply; the […]

NPR published an interview on “All Things Considered” on how cotton farming is inching north into the Midwest. Climate change combined with dwindling water resources and new infrastructure means states like Kansas are becoming cotton country. Research fellow Ricky Robertson says cotton’s move into Kansas illustrates a broader trend as climate change redraws agricultural maps […]