Summary

The impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 9 countries using 6 topics:

• The markets functioning;

• Assessment of the food availability level;

• The situation of national and cross-border flows;

• Prices of commodities, particularly wheat, pasta, vegetable oil and imported rice;

• Prices of fertilizers and fuels;

• Measures taken by the States.

Highlights and required actions

Prices of basic commodities are particularly high this year. The same is true for fuel and fertilizer prices, which have reached record levels. This is currently resulting in a very tough lean season and uncertain outlook for agricultural production as the fertilizer shortage could affect 10-20 million tons of production in the region. Despite the measures undertaken by the states, whose impact seems to be limited and often contradictory to the principle of regional solidarity, the following recommendations are made to the region and the states:

• The lifting of all barriers to regional trade;

• In the long term, favour grouped fertilizer purchases and support regional fertilizer production