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Moshe Dayan Center published an article that examines several economic issues occurring simultaneously in the Middle East and North Africa region mainly as a result of the Ukraine-Russia war. Over the last 25 years, the Black Sea region has been transformed from a net food importer to a major supplier of grains and oilseeds. In recent […]

Food Ingredients published an article stating that some recent moves give food markets some optimism. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has rejected duties on urea ammonium nitrate fertilizers from Russia, alleging that they don’t harm US producers. The EU is unfreezing funds from major Russian banks that assist the global trade of fertilizers and […]

The Economist published a video about how the war in Ukraine threatens the world with unprecedented hunger.  Even with a deal in place to get Ukraine’s food exports moving, serious weaknesses in the global food system would remain. In the video (07:19), IFPRI research and the IFPRI tool,  Food & Fertilizer Export Restrictions Tracker. is referenced […]

ANI News (Pakistan) published an article stating that thousands of people in Pakistan this summer experienced searing heat waves crossing 50 degrees Celsius (122F) in some places, one that is being attributed to the impact of climate change.” According to IFPRI, access to water is also threatened, linked to a drought brought about by the […]

Logistics Update Africa published an article stating that the share of bulk goods in international agricultural exports is going down compared to that of processed food. Even though it is the same for Africa, the continent exports a huge amount of bulk unprocessed agricultural commodities to different parts of the world. Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor […]

Politico published an article that looks at organic farming as a possible culprit for the dramatic implosion of Sri Lanka’s economy.  While Rajapaksa’s abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers did jolt farmers, senior research fellow David Laborde says yields didn’t fall so precipitously that it would have dented exports that much. The bigger issue is that […]

Business Standard News published an article stating that experts fear a food crisis if the situation continues or worsens and farmers do not get a timely fertilizer supply.   A shortage of gas supply is also taking its toll on fertilizer production in India and threatening kharip crops there. India’s agriculture subsidy has surged and ensuring […]

State Department’s (Stories) published a blog post on what food security is. Having enough safe and nutritious food to eat. According to IFPRI, almost a third of the world’s wheat exports and 60 percent of the world’s sunflower oil exports come from Russia and Ukraine. For every 100 calories’ worth of food traded around the […]

Daily Wire published an article about how widespread protests have gripped Panama for weeks as residents grow frustrated over high gas prices and rising inflation. News of the protests in Panama follows a collapse of the government in Sri Lanka, which occurred as residents grew frustrated over food and fuel prices. Russia and Ukraine produce […]

Business World published a podcast with executive editor for public policy, Neeta Misra who spoke with Purnima Menon, senior research fellow on the impact of the pandemic on malnutrition. Menon said we know that a lot of what we see on malnutrition is affected by what happens in food systems, health systems, and what happens […]