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Alpenhorn News (USA) published an article stating that governments worldwide are prepping to face a global food crisis amidst the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two of the largest suppliers of grains globally. The ongoing war has sparked panic about soaring prices, food shortages, and the potential ceasing of Russian fertilizers. This has resulted in […]

Christian Science Monitor published an article stating that when Ukraine banned the export of wheat this month and started scattering land mines in fields of winter cereals and sunflowers to slow invading Russian troops, it was bad news for Egyptian families struggling to put food on the table. Egypt, which counts on Ukraine and Russia […]

Bulatlat (Philippines) published an article on the Ukraine-Russia war and how it will affect the global food supply. It is not only crops and oils that are affected, but also fertilizer. Aside from being a significant food supplier, Russia is also a leading fertilizer producer globally. It accounts for 15 percent of global trade in […]

Bloomberg published an article stating that nations around the world are waking up to the threat of a global food crisis and taking steps to secure their own supplies.  The Group of Seven nations and the United Nations’ FAO are urging leaders to keep trade flows open, warning that protectionism can push prices higher and […]

Trinidad Express published an article stating that a bipartisan group of United States Congressmen and senators is calling on the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to suspend the imposition of new duties on urea ammonium fertilizer from Trinidad and Tobago. The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Russia and cut off Russia from global trade. The […]

The Wall Street Journal published an article stating that both Ukraine and Russia are top grain exporters and supply disruption is only part of the war’s impact on food.  Country-specific dynamics will affect how they are able to handle the loss of a critical source of wheat imports, according to senior research fellow David Laborde. […]

CBC News (Canada) published an article on how the pandemic and inflation, and now, war and sanctions are threatening food security. Ukrainian land is being shattered by bombs, its seaports disrupted by blockades, and its working-age population increasingly focused on burying enemy soldiers instead of seeds. The ripple effects of this will hit the world’s […]

Vanguard (Cote d’Ivoire) published a summary of a five-day training of regional experts to support post third Biennial Review (BR) organized by the African Union ended Friday in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. IFPRI, along with several NGOs participated in this meeting.    

Successful Farming published an article stating that there are no overnight replacements for Ukraine and Russia in global wheat production. IFPRI analysts said, “Even under the most optimistic assumptions, global wheat prices will remain high throughout 2022 and the trend is likely to persist through 2023, given limits on expanding production.” Egypt, the world’s largest […]

The Conversation published an op-ed by IFPRI researchers, Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, David Laborde Debucquet, Joseph Glauber, and Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah. The authors write that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could create a global food security crisis. It is disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major exporting regions. This threatens to drive […]