El sector, que se da cita en el salón Alimentaria, descarta poder recuperar este año el negocio anterior a la pandemia a causa de los atascos en la distribución y al precio de las materias primas
Food and Agriculture Organisation director-general Qu Dongyu also highlighted that Russia and Ukraine collectively make up more than a third of global cereal exports.
This blog post is part of a special series on the global and regional food security implications of rising food and fertilizer prices that began with the pandemic and are now exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The blog series is curated by IFPRI Senior Research Fellows Joseph Glauber and David Laborde to offer a range of perspectives and analyses on both the short- and long-term impacts.
Spring sowing has just begun across western Ukraine, but with the raging war in the country the prospects of completing it successfully look bleak for many Ukrainian farmers.
Farm industry leaders have called for urgent action to tackle the threat to domestic food security posed by the war in Ukraine.
Leading thinktank raises global inflation forecast to 7.5% as cost of food staples, minerals and energy rises
Wheat prices have soared following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Global food prices have reached record highs as world battles COVID-19. Ukraine crisis could lead to millions more people going hungry.
Raising the alert of Russian nuclear forces is a bone-chilling development. The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility. The security and safety of nuclear facilities must also be preserved. It’s time to stop the horror unleashed on the people of Ukraine and get on the path of diplomacy and peace.
Ukraine is a significant transit country of Russian gas. But lost in the discussion is what a wider conflict might do to global food prices amid disruption to the supply chain of grains from Europe’s breadbasket.
WFO is close to all those suffering from conflicts and adds its voice to calls for a rapid resolution of the Ukraine crisis in the interest of all.