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The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected food security by disrupting supply chains through border closures Our study concentrates on South Asia and examines the interplay between...

Highlights: Chapter 3 of the report is dedicated to “ Food Commodities, Corporate Profiteering and Crises: Revisiting the International Regulatory Agenda”. The stark contrast between the surging...

Rwanda is highly dependent on imports from the global market to satisfy its domestic needs. Ukraine is a major trading partner of Rwanda, contributing to 44 percent of the country’s total...

Africa is full of potential, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an important key to unlock it. Unleashing continental opportunities requires prioritizing issues, channelling...

Highlight Increased food and fertilizer prices, slower growth, and currency fluctuations still severely strain food security, especially in the Near East and North Africa (NENA)...

The SEMED group of countries are among the largest grain, wheat, and foodstuff importers globally. The share of imports in domestic availability of calories ranges from a sizeable 37 percent...

The 2021 national cereal production of cereals (including wheat crops to be harvested in March 2022) is estimated at about 5 million tonnes, 35 percent below...

Data on inter-district food flows are typically not collected and are thus unavailable for most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and for many parts of world. Given...

Highlights Temperature is the key driver of weather's impacts on trade in food and agriculture High temperatures typically reduce the supply of agricultural exports Precipitation's impact is less...

Although there seems enough water available for our global food needs, there are large areas with growing water scarcity. Food security in these...