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By mid-2022, the population facing the three highest phases of acute food insecurity was greater than at any point in the six-year history of the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC)...

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, a country known as the 'breadbasket of Europe', is raising fears of a global food crisis, further exacerbating existing food security challenges worldwide...

This online resource proposes statistics detailing the impact on the price of cereals (milling wheat, maize, feed barley) and the price of oilseeds (rapeseed and crude sunflower oil) as well...

On this page you find information about: the global food crisis and its causes the EU’s response domestically and globally

Highlights The Council calls for a robust, effective and transparent Team Europe response to global food insecurity comprising the following four strands of action: Solidarity through emergency...

Adverse weather conditions since the start of the 2021 – 2022 season have led to a poor yield outlook for winter crops in central and western Ukraine. Fair yields...

FPRI started tracking food export restrictions and documenting their impacts following the onset of COVID-19 lockdowns and some national governments moving to restrict food exports...

International wheat prices continued to ease in August, influenced by increased availability from ongoing harvests and the resumption of exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. By contrast, maize prices...

The ripple effects of the war in Ukraine have disrupted energy and food markets. Among many other factors, supply chain disruptions and price spikes in key commodities...

FAO assesses that globally 46 countries, including 33 in Africa, 10 in Asia, two in Latin America and the Caribbean, and one in Europe, are in need of external assistance...