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The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt

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Title The Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious food security threat for Egypt
 
Creator Abay, Kibrom A.
Abdelfattah, Lina
Breisinger, Clemens
Glauber, Joseph W.
Laborde Debucquet, David
 
Subject food security
armed conflicts
war
nutrition
 
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.
 
Date 2022-03-14
2023-01-19T19:06:34Z
2023-01-19T19:06:34Z
 
Type Blog Post
 
Identifier 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://hdl.handle.net/10568/127611
https://www.ifpri.org/blog/russia-ukraine-crisis-poses-serious-food-security-threat-egypt
 
Language en
 
Relation https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135913
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute