Press review
This section offers an insight into the media coverage on the issues impacting the agricultural sector as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
The Guardian | Global food price fears as Ukraine farmers forced to reduce crop planting
War means ‘breadbasket of the world’ faces unprecedented difficulty sowing, harvesting and exporting wheat and other produce
Le Monde | Pourquoi la guerre en Ukraine menace la sécurité alimentaire mondiale
Le conflit aggrave la flambée des prix agricoles, mettant en péril la capacité des pays les plus vulnérables à importer leur nourriture. Les débats sur les réponses à mettre en œuvre font rage.
IFPRI | West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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.
The Globe and Mail | Video: Ukrainian farmers fight to grow food amid war
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.
Sight Magazine | With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, UN food chief warns of “devastation”
The UN food chief warned on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was threatening to devastate the World Food Programme's efforts to feed some 125 million people globally because Ukraine had gone "from the breadbasket of the world to breadlines".