The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility

The IFPRI Food Security Portal’s Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System is showing excessive levels of price volatility in the four major food commodities: wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans, as well as cotton. Markets for hard and soft wheat and soybeans had already been more volatile...

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Main Authors: Rice, Brendan, Hernandez, Manuel A., Glauber, Joseph W., Vos, Rob
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140123
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description The IFPRI Food Security Portal’s Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System is showing excessive levels of price volatility in the four major food commodities: wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans, as well as cotton. Markets for hard and soft wheat and soybeans had already been more volatile than normal since late 2021, well ahead of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022. That conflict, coming on top of the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has already contributed to spiking food prices, with possible major consequences for global food security. Rising price volatility poses a distinct threat, as it induces greater market uncertainty, which affects production decisions, and can spur speculative behavior. Both would fan further food price inflation. What is driving the current price volatility, and what are its implications for markets and food security?
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spelling CGSpace1401232025-11-06T03:59:05Z The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility Rice, Brendan Hernandez, Manuel A. Glauber, Joseph W. Vos, Rob shock policies war coronavirus covid-19 commodities cotton rice maize inflation soybeans agriculture markets trade coronavirinae food security price volatility conflicts coronavirus disease wheat prices climate change The IFPRI Food Security Portal’s Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System is showing excessive levels of price volatility in the four major food commodities: wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans, as well as cotton. Markets for hard and soft wheat and soybeans had already been more volatile than normal since late 2021, well ahead of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022. That conflict, coming on top of the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has already contributed to spiking food prices, with possible major consequences for global food security. Rising price volatility poses a distinct threat, as it induces greater market uncertainty, which affects production decisions, and can spur speculative behavior. Both would fan further food price inflation. What is driving the current price volatility, and what are its implications for markets and food security? 2023-07-11 2024-03-14T12:08:57Z 2024-03-14T12:08:57Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140123 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/russia-ukraine-war-exacerbating-international-food-price-volatility Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Rice, Brendan; Hernandez, Manuel A.; Glauber, Joseph W.; and Vos, Rob. 2023. The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility. In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde Debucquet. Section One: A Conflict with Global Consequences, Chapter 4, Pp. 24-26. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_04.
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coronavirus disease
wheat
prices
climate change
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Hernandez, Manuel A.
Glauber, Joseph W.
Vos, Rob
The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility
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wheat
prices
climate change
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