Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to extend a deal allowing Kyiv to export grain through the Black Sea, writes the Washington Post in an explanation of the new agreement and what it means to the involved parties and the global community. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute, before the war, Ukraine shipped about 75 percent of its agricultural exports through
Egypt’s Nile Delta farmland salts up as temperatures, and seas, rise (Reuters) Farmers in the Nile Delta are racing to adapt to encroaching salinity, writes Reuters in a report from COP27. The Nile Delta, a densely populated and fertile triangle of green that fans out towards the sea north of Cairo, accounts for more than a third of Egypt’s agricultural land. One farmer says,
Can conditional cash transfers boost trust within communities? In Tanzania, they did by David Evans and Katrina Kosec Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 “In a recent meeting between a World Bank official and a finance minister from a developing country in which the provision of an income support scheme or safety net was being discussed the minister opposed strongly such scheme. When
Grocery prices are poised to come down, but not until after the holidays (CBS News) CBS News Chicago interviewed Rob Vos, Director of IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions division for an episode investigating how supply chain problems, COVID concerns, and inflation affect grocery prices in the US. “Price on the international markets have been dropping over the past few months. Now they’re coming down in
Pakistan floods: ancient grains like millet could be key to rebuilding food systems (The Conversation) The Conversation published a story focusing on devastating 2022 floods in Pakistan which affected 33 million people, with over 2 million homes destroyed and over 8 million people displaced in a region which already struggles with high rates of malnutrition. This is not the first time Pakistan has
Global mapping software discovers new water sources in high water risk areas (EIN News) Comprehensive environmental, social, and corporate governance reporting has begun to drive corporate transformation around the world reports EIN News (UK) in a story discussing new case studies from the World Economic Forum. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) suggested the current business-as-usual water management practices and levels of water
In an analysis of the new grain agreement, WRP (Wtadomosci Rolnicze Polska, Poland) writes that “Grain Agreement 2.0” (a renewed and extended agreement of the Black Sea Grain Initiative) should help farmers with fertilizer prices. Russia wants to see an easing of sanctions on Russian grain products and fertilizers. Sanctions aren’t the only sticking point, though. There is the issue of transport and
Food Ingredients First reports on how building upon research that supports plant-based diets and how they can dramatically reduce environmental impacts, may also help improve resilience in terms of these nations’ capacity to recover from food insecurity driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This past year has been turbulent in terms of food supply and food security. Due to conflict-driven food shocks