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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the associated disruptions in global wheat supply has resulted in concern for food security throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, which depends...

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024 Mid-Year Update is an update of the GRFC 2024 and provides the latest data on acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition as of August...

The Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) 2024 estimated that about 281.6 million people in 59 food crisis countries and territories faced high levels of acute...

Highlights: The Kenyan economy was significantly affected by the global supply chain disruptions stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The macroeconomic impacts were largely driven by global...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted the global supply chains of several globally traded commodities. The repercussions for many African countries are concerning. This study assesses...

Rural people in Southern Africa are increasingly suffering both directly and indirectly from global fragility and crises. Effective ways to build resilience to these crises and respond...

The objectives of the present report are threefold. Firstly, to provide information on the situation in a set of 21 countries and regions considered of maximum concern from a food security perspective. Secondly...

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...

The prices of agricultural commodities have increased on international markets since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 and spiked after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. The price...

The Mid-Year Update of the Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) 2023 estimated that 238 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity in 48...