In Malawi, a constantly changing climate poses a threat to the food, nutrition, and income security of smallholder farmers, taking away their smiles. Such farmers, who rely on agriculture entirely for their livelihoods constitute about 80 percent of the economically active population. Recurrent droughts and floods, declining soil fertility, desertification, and outbreak of pests and […]
IFPRI Tool: Food and fertilizer export restrictions tracker
A data visualization tool, tracking restrictions on export and fertilizers by country and commodity.
IFPRI Blog: Short-term policy considerations to respond to Russia-Ukraine crisis disruptions in fertilizer availability and affordability
As we discussed in our previous post, fertilizer prices have increased drastically, +230%, since May 2020. Now—driven upward by supply disruptions stemming from the Russia-Ukraine conflict—they are nearing the peak reached in August 2008 during the last major food price crisis.
IFPRI Blog: The Russia-Ukraine crisis presents threats to Nigeria’s food security, but potential opportunities for the fertilizer, energy sectors
The current rise in global market prices for major food commodities almost mirrors that of the 2008 food crisis, presenting a worldwide threat to food security. The situation is particularly severe in Africa, where the COVID-19 pandemic and now the Russia-Ukraine crisis have exposed the vulnerability of food systems to major shocks, particularly in countries like […]
IFPRI Blog: Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty
Much of the early attention on the Russian-Ukraine conflict’s food security impacts has been concentrated on countries highly dependent on wheat imports from the Black Sea region. Given the important role that wheat products play in the diets of people in Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, and other countries, the interruption in Black Sea wheat trade and high prices have […]
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