In 2014, the government of the state of Indian Punjab amended its existing system of public distribution of food grains by launching the “new atta-daal (wheat-pulses) scheme”. Instead of distributing...
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Many developing countries use public stocks to provide free or subsidised grain to food-insecure households or to mitigate sharp increases in grain prices. However, the building of public...
A Double Burden: The effects of food price increases and currency depreciations on food import bills
The price of food has increased everywhere, reaching historic levels in 2022. This is a challenge for food security globally, but particularly for net food-importing developing countries. And unlike in previous...
The Council meeting conclusions include these elements related to Russia’s war against Ukraine and its impact on global food security:
Russia, by weaponising food...
As two of the world’s largest suppliers of grain, Ukraine and the Russian Federation are important sources of food for many developing countries. However, the war brought grain exports...
Maize, along with wheat and rice, provides around 30% of food calories to more than 4.5 billion people in 94 developing countries. These statistics declare that maize...