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Dhaka Tribune published an article stating that government subsidies transfer $620 billion per year to the farm sector worldwide. And only three farm economies – China, the European Union, and the United States – spend more than half of that global subsidy amount. At the 2022 Global Food Policy Report launch seminar, IFPRI called for […]

Daily Star published an article on a workshop that presented results from an IFPRI study, ‘Effect of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi Women Immigrants.’ Panelists at the workshop stated that female migrant workers should be provided with sufficient skills training, including learning the host country’s language for their empowerment and safety in receiving countries. A strong network […]

Prothom Alo (Bangladesh) published a summary of a workshop that discussed the IFPRI titled, ‘Effect of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi Women Immigrants.’ IFPRI conducted the study on 655 female migrant workers returning to the country from July to August last year. Results show that many migrant women are in dire straits in terms of quality of life […]

The Hindu published an article on the findings of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. The projections are part of a model that was used to evaluate the impact of climate change on aggregate food production, food consumption (kcal per person per day), net trade of major food commodity groups, and the population at risk […]

The Paper (China) published an article explaining how in the past two years, global food prices have continued to rise due to rising oil prices, climate disasters such as drought, and the recovery of demand for agricultural products after the new crown epidemic. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has engulfed the world’s two major grain exporters, exacerbating […]

AEI published a report/analysis by senior research fellows Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. They write, following a variety of recent shocks, prices of corn, soybeans, sunflower oil, and wheat on global markets are at near-record highs, while world stocks are low when compared to other recent price spikes; Low-income countries, whose families spend large shares […]

Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky, USA) published an article on how President Biden vowed to help American farmers try to ease a global spike in food prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as he visited a family farm Wednesday and unrolled policies meant to increase harvests in ways that the administration believes could also help to […]

Iowa Farmers published an article stating that there are a lot of issues facing agriculture this spring, but two that generate a great deal of discussion are Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and Ukraine. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said, “Even prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we had high (commodity and input) prices.” Prior […]

Islamic Republic News Agency published an article stating that Tehran – IRNA – Axius News Agency reported that the staggering costs of fertilizers, in addition to increasing food prices, threaten food security around the world. According to IFPRI, data collected show that the prices of NPK fertilizers (including three elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) in […]

The Fence Post published an article discussing the White House proposal sent to Congress to provide an additional $500 million in domestic food production assistance through higher loan rates and crop insurance incentives. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber issued a series of tweets in which he said that it would not be good policy for […]

The Conversation published an op-ed by IFPRI researchers Kibrom Abay and Gurush Berhane, and CYMMIT Spatial Economist Jordan Chamberlin with contributors, Kibrom Tafare, and Mihari Abay. The authors write that the Russia-Ukraine crisis has captured the world’s attention, and understandably so, but at the risk of eclipsing the visibility of massive humanitarian crises elsewhere. In particular, […]

C&EN published an article on how companies are considering new ways to make fertilizer as inflation, disease, and war push prices to all-time highs. The war in Ukraine is highlighting that centralized nitrogen fertilizer production can be a problem. Countries without much access to natural gas are scrambling for alternatives. Brazil gets about 19 percent […]

Axios published an article that the rolling crises of the past few years rendered visible so many vital commodities that plenty of us never gave much thought — nickel, silicon chips, lumber. The latest entrant into this camp: Fertilizer. Skyrocketing fertilizer costs — like those made from nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) — are driving […]

Virtual Event: June 14, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT. The Malawi launch event will give an overview of the main findings and recommendations of the global report and focus on two chapters that are particularly relevant to the Malawi context.

Egypt Today published an article discussing the Agreement on Financing the Sustainable Transformation for Agricultural Resilience in Upper Egypt (STAR) between Egypt and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that was signed in Rome on 28/1/2022 and in Cairo on 9/2/2022, and approved by Egypt’s House of Representatives on May 8. In an interview […]

CBS News (Money Watch) produced a video interview on rising wheat prices that included Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. In the interview, Glauber was asked about the input Americans might see on the price of wheat. He said, “We’ve seen most of the inflation we’re going to see right now. It’s running about 10 percent […]

Financial Times published an article stating that rising protectionism is exacerbating chaos in global food markets brought on by the war in Ukraine, with governments clamping down on exports of staples including grains, cooking oil, and pulses. Soaring food prices and, in some cases, the threat of social unrest has led to an increase in […]

CNN published an article about how it’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations. In turn, Beijing has left its retaliatory tariffs on some agricultural products, including soybeans, and some American-made […]

Virtual Event: June 1, 2022 – 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT. The virtual Africa discussion will feature a high-level panel to discuss the report’s key findings and implications for Africa and its regions.

A new research initiative takes aim at a major nutrition challenge.