Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt

Because of its dependence on food imports, Egypt is particularly vulnerable to the high world food prices and trade shocks triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Imports account for more than 40% of Egypt’s calorie consumption, and the country is the world’s largest importer of whe...

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Autores principales: Abay, Kibrom A., Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kurdi, Sikandra, Salama, Yousra
Formato: Blog Post
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134659
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author Abay, Kibrom A.
Karachiwalla, Naureen
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Salama, Yousra
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description Because of its dependence on food imports, Egypt is particularly vulnerable to the high world food prices and trade shocks triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Imports account for more than 40% of Egypt’s calorie consumption, and the country is the world’s largest importer of wheat, with about 85% coming from Russia and Ukraine before the war began. Since then, supply disruptions, high global market prices, and other factors have led to sharp rises in domestic food inflation, which reached 31% in November. This in turn is a major driver of rising overall annual inflation, which soared from 6% to 19% in between January and November 2022 (CBE, 2022)—the highest rate in five years.
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spelling CGSpace1346592025-03-13T19:11:39Z Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt Abay, Kibrom A. Karachiwalla, Naureen Kurdi, Sikandra Salama, Yousra food prices poverty households nutrition social protection Because of its dependence on food imports, Egypt is particularly vulnerable to the high world food prices and trade shocks triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Imports account for more than 40% of Egypt’s calorie consumption, and the country is the world’s largest importer of wheat, with about 85% coming from Russia and Ukraine before the war began. Since then, supply disruptions, high global market prices, and other factors have led to sharp rises in domestic food inflation, which reached 31% in November. This in turn is a major driver of rising overall annual inflation, which soared from 6% to 19% in between January and November 2022 (CBE, 2022)—the highest rate in five years. 2022-12-29 2023-11-22T19:22:35Z 2023-11-22T19:22:35Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134659 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_25 Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute Abay, Kibrom A.; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kurdi, Sikandra; and Salama, Yousra. 2022. Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt. IFPRI Blog. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/food-price-shocks-and-diets-among-poor-households-egypt. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/food-price-shocks-and-diets-among-poor-households-egypt
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Karachiwalla, Naureen
Kurdi, Sikandra
Salama, Yousra
Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt
title Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt
title_full Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt
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title_full_unstemmed Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt
title_short Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt
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topic food prices
poverty
households
nutrition
social protection
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