Deeply Rooted: The Rise Of Food And Fertilizer Prices : 1A
2 years, 6 months ago

Deeply Rooted: The Rise Of Food And Fertilizer Prices : 1A

NPR  

Deeply Rooted: The Rise Of Food And Fertilizer Prices Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images If you've gone grocery shopping lately, you might've noticed that the total on your receipt is higher than usual. That's according to a consumer price index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that was released this month. Harvest Media reporter Jonathan Ahl writes: Labor costs, fuel prices, supply chain problems and the effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine are all partially to blame the increases. This show is the first in a week-long series on agriculture called Deeply Rooted, available online.

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How the Ukraine invasion, fertiliser and fuel crises and climate change combine to create a world hunger problem
2 years, 4 months ago

How the Ukraine invasion, fertiliser and fuel crises and climate change combine to create a world hunger problem

ABC  

The ripple effects of concurrent crises are leading the world on a path to crushing hunger — and the possibility of more war. "Wheat is a staple product in the diets of so many," Rabobank grains analyst Cheryl Kalisch Gordon says, "20 per cent of the world's calories come from wheat and in some parts of Africa and the Middle …

EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?

Associated Press  

LONDON — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. World food prices were already climbing, and the war made things worse, preventing some 20 million tons of Ukrainian grain from getting to the Middle …

Food prices to surge further as farmers ditch fertiliser due to soaring costs
2 years, 7 months ago

Food prices to surge further as farmers ditch fertiliser due to soaring costs

The Independent  

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Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
2 years, 8 months ago

Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

Associated Press  

KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. The result: European energy prices so high that some fertilizer companies “have closed their businesses and stopped operating their plants,’’ said David Laborde, a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute. In the eastern Chinese city of Tai’an, the manager of a 35-family cooperative that …

Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions
2 years, 8 months ago

Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions

Associated Press  

ROME — Prices for food commodities like grains and vegetable oils reached their highest levels ever last month largely because of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the “massive supply disruptions” it is causing, threatening millions of people in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere with hunger and malnourishment, the United Nations said Friday. “There is, of course, a massive supply …

Gas rationing, food vouchers and hunger: Economic pain from Russia’s war is getting real
2 years, 9 months ago

Gas rationing, food vouchers and hunger: Economic pain from Russia’s war is getting real

CNN  

New York CNN Business — As Russian soldiers bear down on Ukraine, increasingly desperate Ukrainians are running out of food and medicine. Inside Ukraine, some towns have less than a four days’ worth of food, the aid agency Mercy Corps said Tuesday, warning that the humanitarian system in the country “is entirely broken down.” At least 70% of the population …

Surging prices and wheat shortages: How the invasion of Ukraine is impacting global food supplies
2 years, 9 months ago

Surging prices and wheat shortages: How the invasion of Ukraine is impacting global food supplies

Salon  

As the world closely watches the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one thing is certain as we wonder what happens next. Thanks to new agricultural supply chain disruptions compounded with climate change related drought and low crop yields, consumers are left bracing for what could be unprecedented levels of global food insecurity. RELATED: Ukrainian President Zelensky begs Biden to help In …

Soaring food prices serve up recipe for disaster
2 years, 10 months ago

Soaring food prices serve up recipe for disaster

The Telegraph  

Contributing to prices rising “farm to table” is higher fertiliser, feed and fuel costs, says Goldman Sachs economist Ronnie Walker. “Soaring costs for certain farming inputs will limit the extent to which commodity prices can meaningfully normalise and are likely to push prices higher in the near-term,” says Walker. Meanwhile, a Russian invasion of Ukraine and any subsequent Western sanctions …

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