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Potential limits of in-person interviews.

“The world is facing unprecedented threats to food security, following the Kremlin’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the onset of El Niño, writes ABC Radio News, Australia.  Guest, senior research fellow Joseph Glauber at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) discusses the subject in a radio interview.  Listen here.    […]

In a follow-up to an earlier Bloomberg story on India’s rice ban, the Bloomberg newsletter discusses “how extreme weather and food protectionism are combining to make rice — vital to the diets of billions in Asia and Africa — much more expensive.   That’s bad news for some of the world’s most disadvantaged. The staple makes up as […]

Organized by IFPRI, this CGIAR policy seminar series examines the evidence base for resilience-building priorities and approaches. The series, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), will run through June 2024, when the German government will mark 50 years of support to CGIAR.

“A surge in rice prices to the highest level in almost 15 years is renewing fears that food costs are going to get a lot more expensive for the world’s poorest people,” writes Bloomberg (reposted by Yahoo Finance).  “Higher rice prices will contribute to food inflation, particularly for poor households in the major rice consuming […]

“Experts are warning of a new normal in which food supplies — and prices — could be rocked more regularly,” writes the New York Times in a story on food inflation, trade, and export restrictions. The European Commission lowered the forecast for Europe’s crop yields, due to “distinctly drier-than-usual conditions” in large parts of the continent.  […]

San Jose. The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched a network of agricultural negotiators in Latin America, which will seek to strengthen the positioning of those countries in multilateral forums that address matters related to the agrifood sector, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). It […]

A key connection between water, diets, and public health.

What may happen as trade in wheat and other commodities is interrupted again.

Last month, the Indian government announced an abrupt ban on exporting non-basmati white rice, which raised fears of destabilizing rice supplies in certain parts of the world,” writes CNN in a story on India’s rice ban.  Prices started rising last year because of the devastating floods in Pakistan, which tightened global supply, said Joseph Glauber, […]

“What happens when India bans exports of a food staple that is essential to the diets of billions around the world?” writes the BBC. “India is the world’s top rice exporter, accounting for some 40% of the global trade in the cereal. Among the major buyers of rice are China, the Philippines and Nigeria.” “I suspect that […]

Many short- and long-term benefits to health and well-being.

Following Russia’s withdrawal from the grain agreement, “Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, and other lower-income Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Pakistan worry about what comes next,” writes the Associated Press.  “Despite the volatility, the costs are below what they were before Russia invaded Ukraine, and there is enough production to meet worldwide demand, […]