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Markets for agricultural products continue to be affected by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the evolving conflicts in the Middle East, climate change and other events. Export...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has the potential to exacerbate food insecurity around the world, as both countries are major exporters of grains and other agricultural products. In this model-based...

The strategic importance of the agricultural sector to the Nigerian economy cannot be over-emphasized. Its contribution to GDP hovered between 24.45% in 2016 and 25.70% in 2020 (NBS, 2021)...

The Plan: Implementation of the Compact will increase investment in promising food value chains for increased production for local consumption, improved local dietary diversity, and export. Investments...

Current production: Wheat productivity in Egypt is considered the first rank productions as a spring wheat under the irrigated condition. The yield potential for Egyptian varieties exceeds 7.5...

Highlights: Point 13 deals with the EU-LAC partnership on the green transition. It states that, mindful of the responsibility of both continents for long-term global food security, the...

Despite the fact that Africa is well-positioned to become the world’s breadbasket, many African countries are plagued by food shortages. The final brief in the Imagine Africa series focuses...

Highlights: The agricultural and export price indices closed 1 percent and 2 percent higher than two weeks ago, respectively, while the cereal price index closed...

This paper examines the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on grain and fertilizer supply to Kenya as the sixth largest economy in Africa using the Regression Discontinuity estimator on monthly data spanning...

Dependencies in the global food production network can lead to shortages in numerous regions, as demonstrated by the impacts of the Russia–Ukraine conflict on global food supplies. Here we reveal...