The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has imperiled global food security—creating suffering within Ukraine and displacing millions while disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major exporting regions. The latter threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarc...
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| author | Abay, Kibrom A. Abdelfattah, Lina Alaaeldin Breisinger, Clemens Glauber, Joseph W. Laborde Debucquet, David |
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| description | Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has imperiled global food security—creating suffering within Ukraine and displacing millions while disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major exporting regions. The latter threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on exports from Russia and Ukraine—particularly the Middle East and North Africa.
In this post, we consider the impacts of the war on the wheat market, focusing on Egypt. Wheat is a key food item for this country, representing between 35% and 39% of caloric intake per person in the last few years. Wheat imports usually account for about 62% of total wheat use in the country. We conclude by listing a number of key policy actions aimed at diversifying imports in the short term and helping Egypt’s agrifood system transformation to become fairer and more resilient. The latter is an absolute necessity in the context of looming threats from climate change and water scarcity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1276112025-03-13T19:11:35Z The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt Abay, Kibrom A. Abdelfattah, Lina Alaaeldin Breisinger, Clemens Glauber, Joseph W. Laborde Debucquet, David food security armed conflicts war nutrition Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has imperiled global food security—creating suffering within Ukraine and displacing millions while disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major exporting regions. The latter threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on exports from Russia and Ukraine—particularly the Middle East and North Africa. In this post, we consider the impacts of the war on the wheat market, focusing on Egypt. Wheat is a key food item for this country, representing between 35% and 39% of caloric intake per person in the last few years. Wheat imports usually account for about 62% of total wheat use in the country. We conclude by listing a number of key policy actions aimed at diversifying imports in the short term and helping Egypt’s agrifood system transformation to become fairer and more resilient. The latter is an absolute necessity in the context of looming threats from climate change and water scarcity. 2022-03-14 2023-01-19T19:06:34Z 2023-01-19T19:06:34Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127611 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135913 Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2022. The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt. Published online March 14, 2022. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/russia-ukraine-crisis-poses-serious-food-security-threat-egypt |
| spellingShingle | food security armed conflicts war nutrition Abay, Kibrom A. Abdelfattah, Lina Alaaeldin Breisinger, Clemens Glauber, Joseph W. Laborde Debucquet, David The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt |
| title | The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt |
| title_full | The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt |
| title_fullStr | The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt |
| title_short | The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt |
| title_sort | russia ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for egypt |
| topic | food security armed conflicts war nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127611 |
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