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Virtual Event: May 4, 2022 – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. During this event speakers will address the implications of increased prices on fertilizer demand, usage and productivity, the viability of government fertilizer subsidies and soil health.

The poor in developing countries face severe impacts.

Trinidad Express published an article stating that a bipartisan group of United States Congressmen and senators is calling on the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to suspend the imposition of new duties on urea ammonium fertilizer from Trinidad and Tobago. The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Russia and cut off Russia from global trade. The […]

The Wall Street Journal published an article stating that both Ukraine and Russia are top grain exporters and supply disruption is only part of the war’s impact on food.  Country-specific dynamics will affect how they are able to handle the loss of a critical source of wheat imports, according to senior research fellow David Laborde. […]

CBC News (Canada) published an article on how the pandemic and inflation, and now, war and sanctions are threatening food security. Ukrainian land is being shattered by bombs, its seaports disrupted by blockades, and its working-age population increasingly focused on burying enemy soldiers instead of seeds. The ripple effects of this will hit the world’s […]

When the impacts of one war compound those of another.

When the impacts of one war compound those of another.

Findings from a new IFPRI-World Bank report.

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Frontline- The Hindu published an article on how the ongoing war in Ukraine could put the ongoing war in Ukraine could cause a severe wheat shortage in West Asia and North Africa. The Black Sea is of strategic importance for Ukraine’s wheat supply chain as exports to the MENA region are exclusively shipped by sea, […]

Wired published an article about how millions of tons of grain may not make it out of Ukraine this year. The shortfall could spread hunger and civil unrest worldwide. Russia and Ukraine are Europe’s breadbasket. IFPRI estimates that their exports represent 12 percent of all the food calories traded in the world. The two countries […]

Reuters published an article about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens millions of tiny spring-time sprouts that should emerge from stalks of dormant winter wheat in the coming weeks. If the farmers can’t feed those crops soon, far fewer of the so-called tillers will spout, jeopardizing a national wheat harvest on which millions in […]

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 […]

Successful Farming published an article stating that there are no overnight replacements for Ukraine and Russia in global wheat production. IFPRI analysts said, “Even under the most optimistic assumptions, global wheat prices will remain high throughout 2022 and the trend is likely to persist through 2023, given limits on expanding production.” Egypt, the world’s largest […]