News Overview

World Science Day for Peace and Development 2022: Studying how to help vulnerable populations contend with shocks by Katrina Kosec Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Nov 10, 2022 World Science Day for Peace and Development (November 10) focuses attention on the important role of science in society—particularly in understanding how societies are contending with the challenges and threats of a world in

Hungry for Gender Equality: Second annual Global Food 50/50 Report by Claire Davis Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Around the world, women play a key role in every part of the food system, but their contributions are often undervalued, underpaid, and overlooked. Women and girls also face a disproportionate burden from shocks, such as those driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and

Financial Times in a report examines what happens when a near crisis is averted. Russia and Ukraine together make up around a third of global wheat exports, and many low and middle-income countries, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, are dependent on grain imports. Ukraine and allied governments accused Russia of threatening global famine as a geopolitical tool. Once Russia resumed its

The World (International Public Radio) produced a radio interview with Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow at IFPRI. Glauber discusses how Ukraine’s farmers have taken a major hit from the war. In the first few months of the war, we saw increases. “Since the grain initiative agreement started, prices have been pretty flat essentially prewar levels but remember that these levels are fifty percent

Successful Farming published an analysis of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and its suspension by Russia. The article includes written comments by IFPRI senior research fellows Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. The researchers state that Ukrainian farmers and food-importing nations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)will feel the pain of the Russian interruption of grain exports through the Black Sea corridor. The importer

Associated Press Archive posted a video interview with Senior research fellow Joseph Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute. Glauber spoke about Russia’s suspension of its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative. He said “that re-opening the three ports is key because traditionally those ports had accounted for about 50 percent of exports coming out of the Black Sea region. As we watched

The Ukraine-Russian war is taking place solely in Ukraine, but the effects of the conflict are global writes The Epoch Times. The story reports that sanctions and counter-sanctions have increased energy prices, and fears of a food shortage have amplified as Ukraine and Russia are major grain exporters. It isn’t just the war driving up prices, but the commitment for a net-zero future

Industry Update, in a story about UN efforts to improve Russian fertilizer exports, quotes IFPRI’s senior research fellow Joseph Glauber who said that Russian exports of products such as urea and potash have declined, but not as much as ammonia. Originally published on AgriPulse. Read more