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Nigeria’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Andam, Kwaw S., Diao, Xinshen, Ecker, Olivier, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James, Ellis, Mia

“…Various other factors contributed to sluggish economic growth, including the spread of insecurity and conflict across almost all areas of the country; policies related to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021 (Andam et al. 2020); the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war (Diao and Thurlow 2023); and general macroeconomic instability (World Bank 2022b). …”
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Poverty impacts of food price increases in Burkina Faso by Minot, Nicholas, Martin, Will

“…The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 caused an additional spike in commodity prices, particularly wheat and maize. …”
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Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity by Miller, Victoria, Webb, Patrick, Cudhea, Frederick, Zhang, Jianyi, Reedy, Julia, Shi, Peilin, Erndt-Marino, Josh, Coates, Jennifer, Micha, Renata, Mozaffarian, Dariush, de Brauw, Alan, Moursi, Mourad

“…In 2018, total ASF consumption was highest in Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Turkey, and lowest in Uganda, India, Kenya and Bangladesh. …”
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Introduction: Creating context and unveiling crucial issues by Piñeiro, Martin, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…The same year, a new wave of export restrictions and trade disruptions resulted from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier that year, adding to the disruptions brought on by the pandemic. …”
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Agroecology and resilience of smallholder food security: a systematic review by Dagunga, G., Ayamga, M., Laube, W., Ansah, I.G.K., Kornher, L., Kotu, B.H.

“…Multiple covariate shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine conflict, and pre-existing climate shocks pose serious threats to smallholder livelihoods. …”
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Transmission of world food price changes to African markets and its effect on household welfare by Minot, Nicholas

“…A number of countries, including Argentina, India, Russia, and Vietnam, responded by restricting rice and wheat exports in an attempt to keep domestic prices from rising. …”
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Research brief: Analysis of policy responses to seed, fertilizer, food and fuel shocks in three African Regional Economic Communities by Lokosang, L.B., Kirui, L.K., Maru, J., Karugia, Joseph T., Bahta, Sirak T., Enahoro, Dolapo K.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war had severe implications for global food security and nutrition. …”
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Deploying high-frequency market data to estimate the cost of recommended diets: Recent trends in Rwanda by Manners, Rhys, Warner, James, Schneider, Kate, Matsiko, Eric, Vasanthakaalam, Hilda, Benimana, Gilberthe, Spielman, David J.

“…Key findings reveal significant dietary cost fluctuations, with nominal costs increasing 67% between June 2022 and October 2023, coinciding directly with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The research also identifies affordability challenges; by mid-2023, and again in late 2024, where up to 70% of wage earners could not afford a recommended diet. …”
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Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt by Hashad, Reem, Jovanovic, Nina, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kurdi, Sikandra

“…This study evaluates the relationship between changes in food prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022 and poor mothers’ diets in Egypt, a country that heavily relies on imports of staple foods and is highly vulnerable to increases in international food prices. …”
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La noción tipo genético del suelo en la literatura rusa by Tschapek, M.W.

“…To day, in the soil genetic classification in Russia, the soil genetic type has been taken as principal unit. …”
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Rörelsemönster hos varg i Skandinavien by Björk, Julia

“…The Scandinavian wolf population is still in a recolonizing phase after being completely extinct during the late 1960s’ and due to low immigration of wolves from Finland and Russia the population suffers from inbreeding. Although other countries have studied movement patterns in wolves, the movement patterns of wolves in Scandinavia have not been investigated in detail. …”

A study of two local development groups in rural Sweden by Ivanova, Maria

“…This thesis started as an investigation of the conditions for the appearance of these groups and possible explanations on why these groups emerged and spread in Sweden in contrast to Russia where such groups are exceptional. Before the field study the understanding was that LDGs were formed with the aim to develop the villages. …”
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Ghana’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia, Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James

“…Although President Akuffo-Addo blamed “malevolent forces” (Financial Times 2023)—including the global commodity market shock caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which by some accounts had only a minimal effect on Ghana’s economy (Arndt et al. 2023; Diao and Thurlow 2023)—the economic situation eventually forced the government to agree to an IMF bailout of US$3 billion in 2023. …”
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Transformation of Rwanda’s agrifood system structure and drivers by Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia, Rosenbach, Gracie, Mugabo, Serge, Pauw, Karl, Spielman, David J., Thurlow, James

“…The country was only minimally affected by global commodity market disruptions resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war that started in 2022 and the global recession in 2023 (Arndt et al. 2023; Diao and Thurlow 2023). …”
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What might be at stake? El Niño, global price shocks and food security in Nepal by Dorosh, Paul A., Diao, Xinshen, Thurlow, James, Koirala, Pankaj, Timsina, Krishna, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…With the extreme weather events, global economies have experienced a number of recent shocks – for example those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and conflicts in countries such as the Ukraine and Russia that are important exporters of agricultural inputs and goods. …”
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Introduction: Political economy of food system transformation by Resnick, Danielle, Swinnen, Johan

“…In August 2022, the Razoni cargo ship, laden with 26,000 tons of grain, navigated a narrow corridor of mined waters outside Ukraine’s port of Odessa. After Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine exacerbated rising food prices, threatening to plunge millions into hunger, the Razoni was the first ship allowed out of Ukraine under the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative. …”
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Ukraine one year later: Impacts on global food security by Glauber, Joseph W.

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Food crisis risk monitoring: Early warning for early action by Vos, Rob, Husain, Arif, Greb, Friederike, Läderach, Peter, Rice, Brendan

“…Currently, the world is contending with the global repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine war. In many countries, the impact of the war is compounded by local conflict, weather shocks, lingering effects of COVID-19, macroeconomic instability, and weak coping capacity. …”
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Technology and policy options for reducing India's import dependence on edible oils by S. J., Balaji, Sharma, Purushottam, P., Venkatesh, Kapoor, Shreya

“…About 94% of the crude palm oil and 99% of the RBD palmolein are imported from Indonesia and Malaysia; 97% of the soybean oil from Argentina and Brazil; and 97% of the sunflower oil from Ukraine, Russia, and Argentina. This means higher supply risks and price uncertainty, especially during climatic shocks, conflicts, and pandemics such as COVID-19. …”
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Synopsis: Crop commercialization in Rwanda: Current market participation and drivers by Warner, James, Benimana, Gilberthe Uwera, Mugabo, Serge, Ingabire, Chantal

“…As Rwanda emerges from the effects of COVID-19 and global price shocks caused by the Russia/Ukrainian conflict, there is an opportunity to focus on agricultural fundamentals to drive its economic transformation. …”
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