West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Food security in West Africa has been deteriorating since 2015: The proportion of the population affected by undernutrition rose from 11.5% in 2015 to 18.7% in 2020, a total of 75.2 million people. Now, like the rest of the world, the region faces rapidly growing impacts from Russia’s war in Ukraine...

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Autores principales: Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David, Traoré, Fousseini
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140131
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Laborde Debucquet, David
Traoré, Fousseini
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description Food security in West Africa has been deteriorating since 2015: The proportion of the population affected by undernutrition rose from 11.5% in 2015 to 18.7% in 2020, a total of 75.2 million people. Now, like the rest of the world, the region faces rapidly growing impacts from Russia’s war in Ukraine, including spiking food prices and disruptions in markets for cereals and other commodities, including fertilizers and fuels. What are some of the war’s likely effects on West Africa? Overall, the greatest risk is from rising global prices. The region imports relatively little food or fertilizer (with some exceptions) from Russia and Ukraine, insulating it from many of the current market disruptions, and has capacity to substitute some lost fertilizer imports.
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spelling CGSpace1401312025-11-06T04:15:22Z West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict Bouët, Antoine Laborde Debucquet, David Traoré, Fousseini fertilizers shock undernutrition policies war coronavirus covid-19 agriculture markets trade coronavirinae russia food security ukraine conflicts coronavirus disease prices climate change Food security in West Africa has been deteriorating since 2015: The proportion of the population affected by undernutrition rose from 11.5% in 2015 to 18.7% in 2020, a total of 75.2 million people. Now, like the rest of the world, the region faces rapidly growing impacts from Russia’s war in Ukraine, including spiking food prices and disruptions in markets for cereals and other commodities, including fertilizers and fuels. What are some of the war’s likely effects on West Africa? Overall, the greatest risk is from rising global prices. The region imports relatively little food or fertilizer (with some exceptions) from Russia and Ukraine, insulating it from many of the current market disruptions, and has capacity to substitute some lost fertilizer imports. 2023-07-11 2024-03-14T12:08:58Z 2024-03-14T12:08:58Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140131 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/west-africa-faces-mixed-food-security-impacts-russia-ukraine-conflict Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bouët, Antoine; Laborde Debucquet, David; and Traoré, Fousseini. 2023. West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. Section Four: Country Impacts and Responses: Sub-Saharan Africa, Chapter 29, Pp. 150-153. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_29.
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shock
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policies
war
coronavirus
covid-19
agriculture
markets
trade
coronavirinae
russia
food security
ukraine
conflicts
coronavirus disease
prices
climate change
Bouët, Antoine
Laborde Debucquet, David
Traoré, Fousseini
West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
title West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
title_full West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
title_fullStr West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
title_full_unstemmed West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
title_short West Africa faces mixed food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
title_sort west africa faces mixed food security impacts from the russia ukraine conflict
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shock
undernutrition
policies
war
coronavirus
covid-19
agriculture
markets
trade
coronavirinae
russia
food security
ukraine
conflicts
coronavirus disease
prices
climate change
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