Farmers Journal (Ireland) published an article stating that international food commodity prices have moderated and fallen to below pre-war levels. The article relies on IFPRI research to explain what is happening in the world. According to IFPRI these prices are still above historical averages and these prices reflect the impact of supply chain problems and nations rebounding from COVID-19. The crisis isn’t over.
Deseret News published an article stating that COVID-19 and the Ukraine war are leaving Sudan on the brink. Today, the Sudanese government is too cash-strapped to help its people. Almost a third of Sudan’s domestic production — roughly 150-200 metric tons, according to the WFP — is now rotting in farmhouses. It’s as if Sudan is trying to put out multiple house fires
Next Billion published an article stating that according to IFPRI, African countries must improve their transnational transport infrastructure or risk remaining vulnerable to shocks in global food supply chains. Africa’s food security has been subject to intense scrutiny in the six months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. While the direct impact of shortages, caused by the closure of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports,
Can Ghana’s pond farmers match the productivity of their counterparts on Lake Volta? (The Fish Site) The Fish Site published an article on the ‘Accelerating Aquaculture Development in Ghana Through Sustainable Nile Tilapia Seed Production’ project which began in 2019. The project’s main aim was to ensure that the small-scale farms scattered across Ghana would have access to quality fry, thereby improving their
FCA holds Conference on agrifood policies (Uniforma) Uniforma published an article about the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (FCA) conference on “Adaptation of agri-food policies for sustainable and healthy food systems,” with the aim of promoting in the teachers and students the production, transformation, supply and distribution of varied and healthy foods to create favorable environments in sustainable food systems. This conference was given by Eugenio
When ties that bind Increase migrants’ vulnerability: Insights from the south to west Asia migration corridor by Zahid ul Arefin Choudhury Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 I met Mariam (not her real name) at Doha, Qatar, airport in December 2021. She was traveling from Jordan on her way home to Bangladesh. When we started talking, she described how, about three years
India’s double-edged nutrition problem (East Mojo) East Mojo (India) published an op-ed by research fellows Kalyani Raghunathan and Derek Headey. In the op-ed, the authors wrote the nutritional quality of many Indians’ diets has deteriorated since the start of the pandemic. Three in four South Asians who cannot afford a healthy diet live in India. As India looks to fix malnutrition, it finds itself forced to
Hurricane Ian spares fertilizer plants but sends a warning to the U.S. industry (Marketplace) Marketplace produced a podcast on how Hurricane Ian narrowly missed landing a serious blow to the domestic fertilizer industry. About half of the phosphate fertilizer in the U.S. comes from three plants in the Tampa area. The hurricane could have been yet another headache for a fertilizer industry that’s