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Falling global food and fuel costs offer poor countries little relief (Star Tribune)
August 20, 2022
Star Tribune published an article stating that costs are down from their peaks at the beginning of the Ukraine war but are still up compared to last year. Russia’s Feb. 24 attack on Ukraine sent a shockwave through commodity markets. The outlook for wheat prices became especially cloudy in the first months of the war after […]
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New J-WAFS-led project combats food insecurity (India Education Diary)
August 20, 2022
India Education Diary published an article on a new research project to tackle one of the most urgent crises facing the planet: food insecurity. Approximately 276 million people worldwide are severely food insecure, and more than half a million face famine conditions. Despite the need for more secure food systems, significant knowledge gaps exist when […]
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What’s behind the rise in trade protectionism? (CIPS)
August 19, 2022
The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Links published an article stating protectionist policies are most pronounced in the world’s food supply chains, where they risk exacerbating global poverty. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 24 countries implemented export bans covering over 30 food items including ingredients such as wheat, sugar, and oils, according to research […]
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Grain shipments increase out of Ukraine, potentially helping to ease global food prices (PBS News Hour)
August 19, 2022
PBS Newshour produced a video discussing how President Zelensky on Thursday hosted Turkey’s President Erdogan and the UN Secretary-General Guterres, both architects of a deal last month that allows Ukraine to export food amid the war and a global food shortage. But has that UN-brokered deal been effective in achieving its goals? Senior research fellow […]
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Climate change impact: 14.8 million to be at risk of hunger by 2030 (Asia News Network)
August 19, 2022
Asia News Network published an article on findings from the 2022 Global Food Policy Report which showed an unprecedented suite of climatic changes has caused crop yield declines and production losses throughout the region. According to the report, “In Bangladesh, near-term projections estimate a reduction of up to 17 percent in total calorie consumption by […]
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Saving wildlife, livelihoods amid climate challenges in Kenya (Farmers Weekly)
August 19, 2022
Farmers Weekly (South Africa) published an article on how the degradation of the land had forced their livestock to compete with local wildlife for the fast-diminishing water supplies and grazing. According to the UN Environment Programme, the global food system was the primary driver of the loss of biodiversity. “Expansion of agricultural areas has been […]
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1.5cr people likely to be at hunger risk: report (New Age – Bangladesh)
August 18, 2022
New Age published an article on the findings of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report which finds that without any action taken to contain the impacts of climate change, nearly 1.5 crore people are at risk of hunger by 2030. Bangladesh has the third largest population facing the risk of going hungry in South Asia, […]
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Climate change impact: 14.8m to be at risk of hunger by 2030 (Daily Star)
August 18, 2022
The Daily Star published an article on the Bangladesh launch of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report and its findings. According to the IFPRI report, says the number of victims of hunger would be 11.3 million in 2030 if there was no impact of climate change. According to the report, launched yesterday for Bangladesh at […]
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Climate change poses threat to food security in South Asia: Research (Daily Observer)
August 18, 2022
Daily Observer published an article on the 2022 Global Food Policy Report‘s latest findings. The report highlighted that climate change threatens to impact over 750 million people in South Asia through climate hazards, primarily floods and droughts. The report notes that food systems are impacted by climate change, and it plays an equally critical causal […]
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Liquid gold: The price of cooking oil (BBC)
August 18, 2022
BBC published a podcast about what rising vegetable oil prices mean for food businesses. Vegetable oil can make or break a food business. In the food industry, they rely on vegetable oil. Senior research fellow David Laborde explained that since oil is a tenth of our calorie intake, making it the most important food source […]