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Center for Strategic & International Studies produced an online seminar with Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Taras Dzoba joins FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol and senior research fellow Joseph Glauber for a discussion with CSIS Global Food Security Director Caitlin Welsh on the impacts of war on global food security. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber […]

CNBC Indonesia published an article the Russo-Ukrainian war has an impact on competition between countries in finding new sources of wheat suppliers. So far, Russia and Ukraine supply 28% of the total world wheat export market. The conflict between the two countries clearly makes many importing countries such as Indonesia must look for other suppliers. […]

CMC Markets published an article on the US futures are bouncing around, in and out of the green and the red, while markets across Asia are higher. The NZX 50 closed at 0.6 percent. The FOMC is meeting to decide US Federal Reserve monetary policy, with interest rates expected to begin rising by at least […]

Farm Policy published an article stating that the area sown with Ukraine’s 2022 spring grain crops could fall 39 percent to 4.7 million hectares due to Russia’s military invasion. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber told the Washington Post, “Before the invasion, it was assumed that about 24 million tons of wheat sown last fall would […]

Financial Times published an article saying that for US farmers with crops left over to sell from last year, wild price moves have made markets more challenging. Grain merchants operating country silos have in some cases “just pulled cash bids” because “they can’t function in an environment where [prices] are changing that quickly,” said senior […]

Trade Talks Podcast interviewed senior research fellow Joseph Glauber who explains the humanitarian crisis that looms if war cuts wheat exports from Ukraine and Russia. Fall wheat is planted in the fall and harvested in the summer. Ukrainian farmers are in the fields in April and May, but now soldiers are there. Tanks are rolling […]

Bharat Express-News published an article stating that in 2019, India was among the 35 countries most affected by anemia in children and pregnant women. One reason the Center’s programs may have had limited success, experts say, is misdirected treatment. There is no survey that traces the causes of anemia in adults. Senior research fellow Purnima […]

CNBC International TV published a video interview with senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. He discussed how prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we were at low stock levels and high prices anyway–maize, wheat, soybeans all at high levels. Ukraine is a major exporter of those crops, and we see a high inflationary impact. The […]

Times Now published an article that stated that oil prices have been soaring through the roof to the skies since Russia invaded Ukraine. There was another price hike announced last week amid confusion over whether major producers would help to plug a gap in supplies from Russia. With the US and western allies announcing a […]

The Guardian (Science Weekly) speaks on a podcast about how the world is watching oil and gas prices soar – the next big shock could hit the dinner table. Collectively, Russia and Ukraine are responsible for more than a quarter of global wheat exports and for around 80 percent of the world’s supply of sunflower […]