Joseph Glauber on China’s agriculture (CGTN America) CGTN (China) produced a video on YouTube where reporter Gerald Tan talks to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber about China’s agriculture. Glauber said, “China is the largest importer of agricultural products. Not only did imports from the US go up, but also Brazil, European Union, and other suppliers. China has been a big engine for agricultural growth.”
Climate change projected to cause global nutrient shortages (Fly XG) Fly XG (China) published an article on climate change and nutrition. According to senior scientist, Tim Sulser, “We have recently made great strides in reducing global undernutrition, but global population growth over the next 30 years will require increased production of food that provides adequate nutrition. These findings suggest that climate change may slow
How drought and war are really affecting the global food supply (Wired) Wired published an article on how farmers have always fretted about the weather. The challenge for crop experts right now is determining whether droughts and other disturbances—and the crop shortfalls they may cause—add up to a predictable trend. That’s especially important because, while productivity might not look bad overall, there isn’t
Examining ways to promote mobile money use in refugee-hosting areas in Ethiopia by Alan de Brauw and Shalini Roy Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Sep 14, 2022 Digital financial inclusion is important to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals—supporting reduced poverty and hunger, better health, and greater gender equality, among many others. Digital financial tools, such as mobile money, can be used by
CGTN produced a YouTube video, panelists discuss rising food prices, the potential global hunger crisis, top U.S. grain giants have reportedly reaped record profits, raising concerns of profiteering and speculation. Markets, Trade, and Institutions division director, Rob Vos, states, “The big A, B, C, D companies (Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, and Cargill, the Louis-Dreyfus Group) command a lot of the grains trade
The Fence Post published an article on an IFPRI event where two senior economists said that six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the continuing uncertainties in the Black Sea region led to questions about next year’s crop sizes. The Black Sea agreement that allows the grain to leave Ukraine “has always been tenuous,” Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow in the Markets Trade, and
Successful Farming published an article stating that Ukrainian farmers may reduce plantings of wheat and other crops for harvest in 2023 because warfare has cut their income at the same time they face high fuel and fertilizer costs, said two IFPRI analysts during a briefing on Tuesday. A small crop in Ukraine, usually a leading wheat and sunflower oil exporter, could prolong tight
African Business published an article on how experts are warning that pursuing continental self-sufficiency may not be an appropriate remedy for Africa’s weak position in agricultural supply chains. “The greatest problem facing African farmers is not that they are too connected to global supply chains, but that their connections to those supply chains are not developed enough”, said IFPRI senior research fellow David Laborde.