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Yahoo Finance (Spain) published an article stating that export rights (withholdings) have been in the Argentine public conversation for weeks. The debate is between very different viewpoints: insists that they are the necessary tools to “decouple” internal prices from external ones and from different sectors they assure that he overestimates this incidence. That is the […]

The Hill published an article stating that soaring food prices both in the U.S. and abroad have prompted countries to ban exports of core agricultural commodities, pushing up domestic food prices and leading agronomists to wonder what additional crops could face supply constraints on their way to grocery stores. India’s partial ban on wheat exports […]

The Conversation published an op-ed written by research fellow Oliver Kiptoo Kirui who described the debate Kenyans are having. Kenya’s government wants farmers to grow crops from licensed seeds only. These are hybrid seeds that are certified free of various seed-borne pests and diseases. The Seeds and Plant Varieties Act makes it a crime to […]

CNBC Indonesia published an article stating that the war between Russia and Ukraine adds to the burden on prices and supply chains of commodities, including world food. Which has happened due to the Covid-19 pandemic. IFPRI stated that since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, a number of countries have imposed additional […]

Yahoo News published an article that stated food prices could increase even more amid international export bans. According to a list compiled by IFPRI, 20 countries now maintain export bans on various foodstuffs, contributing to a 30 percent rise in global food prices.  Republished in The Paradise. 

Financial Times published an article stating that European business leaders expect governments to tighten control over a growing number of sectors in the name of national security, as the world divides into competing economic blocs. Roughly 80 percent of those running Europe’s biggest industrial companies believe more sectors will be identified as national security priorities […]

Fortune published an article that discussed how with exports from Ukraine and Russia largely halted, global food prices are projected to rise 22.9 percent this year, and a hunger crisis affecting the world’s most vulnerable countries is well underway. More costly food could upend the global economy, and create widespread hunger in vulnerable countries in […]

The Economist published an article stating that amid rising inflation and the specter of shortages caused by the war in Ukraine, some food-exporting countries are shutting up shop. On May 23rd Malaysia banned the export of poultry. Earlier this month, India banned wheat exports. According to IFPRI at least 20 countries have imposed some sort […]

BBC Radio produced a program that stated the Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased the possibility of global food insecurity. Most developing countries can’t cushion the blow. Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber said the war itself came at a bad time due to droughts that reduced stock, prices were already high, and we’re talking about […]

CNBC published an article stating that India has banned wheat exports, becoming the latest country to do so as the price of grain surged this year due in part to the Russia-Ukraine war.  The war has triggered a huge spike in wheat prices, with Russia and Ukraine among the biggest exporters of the commodity. Both countries […]

NBC News presenter Joshua Johnson produced a streaming program on the effects the Russia-Ukraine war could have on global food concerns. Johnson said, according to IFPRI, Russia and Ukraine export 12 percent of the world’s food calories. The program is available on Peacock and on YouTube.  

Problems for a country that imports 99% of its wheat.

Rising prices and uncertain supplies affect agriculture worldwide.

Ukraine War Impacts; Maternal Nutrition; G7 Commitments; and more

Bloomberg published an op-ed by the Bloomberg editors stating that food prices have risen to record levels around the world, fueling poverty, hunger, and political instability. While there are no quick fixes to the crisis, better-off countries should at least strive not to make it worse. This op-ed included a figure created by IFPRI, titled, […]

The Economist published an article stating that the Indian government imposed an export ban on wheat, though it says it will make exceptions for specific countries in need; on May 15th a 500,000-tonne deal with Egypt was reported. There are currently 26 countries implementing severe restrictions on food exports. In most cases, they are outright […]

The Nudging for Good Project team validated FRANI for dietary assessment in adolescent girls in Ghana and Viet Nam against weighed records, the gold standard for dietary assessment, and the standard multi-pass 24 hour-recall method

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  May 13  Devex published an article on the launch of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report which stated that food systems are “inseparably linked” to the climate change crisis and transforming — through both adaptation and mitigation — the way the world grows, transports, and eats its food. That will require a scale-up of […]

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 […]