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Khalid Siddig

Khalid Siddig is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit and Program Leader for the Sudan Strategy Support Program. He is an agricultural economist with a focus on examining the impacts of potential shocks and the allocation of resources on economic growth, environmental sustainability, and income distribution through the lens of economywide and micro-level tools. 

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Russia’s invasion unleashes ‘perfect storm’ in global agriculture (Foreign Policy) 

March 24, 2022


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 that its impacts will be felt for months to come—and across a wide range of crops. This fertilizer crunch “is going to impact every production in the world,” said David Laborde, a senior research fellow. “It’s not just wheat.” 

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