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Quartz published an article stating that in April, India’s minister of commerce and industry made a heroic announcement. The world was reeling from the sudden drop in wheat supplies when Russia and Ukraine, two of the world’s largest wheat exporters, curtailed their exports due to the war, but India would step in to fill the […]

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 […]

Sputnik (Russia) published an article on global food security. Division director Rob Vos (Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division) said, is highly unlikely that there is a country that could fill the current gap in global food supply caused by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine after India decided to ban its exports.  Last week, India imposed […]

The Print (Pakistan) published an article stating that IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report highlighted that the Himalayan glaciers have lost more mass since 2000 than in the entire twentieth century. According to IFPRI, Of the world’s five basins where water scarcity-led GDP losses are projected to be highest, three (Indus, Sabarmati, and Ganges-Brahmaputra) are […]

Indian Wire published a report on the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. According to the 2022 GFPR, climate change and food systems, India’s food production could drop by 16 percent, and the number of those at risk of hunger could be increased by 23 percent due to climate change. As the report suggests, “climate change […]

Nate News (Korea) published an article stating that prices are skyrocketing due to a shortage of wheat. India halts wheat exports… Grain-importing countries on the rise of food protectionism. India, the world’s second-largest wheat producer, announced on the 14th that it would ban wheat exports except under special government permission. According to IFPRI, 23 countries […]

Australian Strategic Policy Institute published an article on how the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on global food supplies is being magnified by nations imposing bans on food and fertilizer exports to preserve stocks for their domestic needs. Since the invasion, 15 nations have imposed restrictions on food and fertilizer exports, including new bans imposed […]

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.  

Agri-Pulse published an article stating that Ag ministers for the Group of Seven nations this weekend pledged action to counter the rising cost and scarcity of fertilizer. Senior research fellow and FAO’s Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) interim secretary Joseph Glauber said, “When markets are tight and information is murky, countries are more likely to panic […]

Agri-Pulse published an article stating that Ag ministers for the Group of Seven nations this weekend pledged action to counter the rising cost and scarcity of fertilizer. Senior research fellow and FAO’s Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) interim secretary Joseph Glauber said, “When markets are tight and information is murky, countries are more likely to panic […]