Do no harm: Measured policy responses are key to addressing food security impacts of the Ukraine crisis

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dc.creatorGlauber, Joseph W.
dc.creatorLaborde Debucquet, David
dc.date2023-07-11
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:53Z
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:29:38Z
dc.descriptionThe Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to have serious consequences for global food security. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that if there is a prolonged disruption in exports of wheat, fertilizer, and other items from Ukraine and Russia, the number of undernourished people worldwide could increase by 8 to 13 million people in 2022/23, with the most pronounced increases taking place in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa. Even before the crisis, agricultural commodity supplies were tight and market prices were at (nominal) record levels. Prices for most grains and oilseeds have risen sharply since the war began in late February (Figure 1). Russia and Ukraine together supply about 12% of global agricultural exports on a caloric basis, and over 30% of global wheat exports. The two countries command even higher shares in the wheat-dependent economies of the Middle East and North Africa, where wheat prices have risen over 30% compared to pre-war levels. Fertilizer and energy markets have seen rising prices and supply disruptions as well.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140071
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106083
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394
dc.relationhttps://www.ifpri.org/blog/do-no-harm-measured-policy-responses-are-key-addressing-food-security-impacts-ukraine-crisis
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceGlauber, Joseph W.; and Laborde Debucquet, David. 2023. Do no harm: Measured policy responses are key to addressing food security impacts of the Ukraine crisis. In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde Debucquet. Section Two: Policy Recommendations, Chapter 12, Pp. 64-68. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_12.
dc.subjectfertilizers
dc.subjectexports
dc.subjectshock
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectwar
dc.subjectcoronavirus
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectcommodities
dc.subjectsupply
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectcoronavirinae
dc.subjectrussia
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectukraine
dc.subjectconflicts
dc.subjectcoronavirus disease
dc.subjectwheat
dc.subjectprices
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleDo no harm: Measured policy responses are key to addressing food security impacts of the Ukraine crisis
dc.typeBook Chapter

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