Global food, fuel, and fertilizer prices have witnessed rapid and significant increase in recent months, driven largely by the fallout from the ongoing war in Ukraine and associated sanctions im-posed on Russia. Other factors, including governments’ responses and export bans, have also con-tributed to rising prices (Laborde and Mamun 2022). Palm oil and wheat prices increased by 56 and 100 percent in real terms, respectively, between June 2021 and April 2022, with most of the in-crease occurring since February 2022.
NEW PUBLICATION: The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Implications for Global and Regional Food Security and Potential Policy Responses
This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is particularly vulnerable to trade shocks because of its high food import dependence
تُشكل الأزمة الروسية-الأوكرانية تهديدًا خطيرًا للأمن الغذائي في مصر
سنناقش في هذا المنشور آثار الحرب على سوق القمح، مع التركيز تحديدًا على مصر، كونها تعتمد على القمح كعنصر غذائي رئيسي
بقلم كيبروم أباي، ولينا عبد الفتاح، وكليمنس بريسينجر، وجوزيف جلوبر، وديفيد لابورد
NEW PUBLICATION: COVID-19 and Global Food Security: Two Years Later
Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health, economic, and social disruptions caused by this global crisis continue to evolve. The impacts of the pandemic are likely to endure for years to come, with poor, marginalized, and vulnerable groups the most affected.
The Links Between Food-Related Trade and Fiscal Policies and Obesity Rates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Global overweight and obesity rates have almost tripled since 1975 and are expected to continue rising over the next few decades (Shekar & Popkin, 2020). This trend is alarmingly steeper in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to high-income countries, where the same rates are gradually declining (Ng et al., 2014, Shekar and Popkin, 2020)
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