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Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt

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Title Food price shocks and diets among poor households in Egypt
 
Creator Abay, Kibrom A.
Karachiwalla, Naureen
Kurdi, Sikandra
Salama, Yousra
 
Subject food prices
poverty
households
nutrition
social protection
 
Description Also published on the CGIAR website: https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/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 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.
 
Date 2022-12-29
2023-11-22T19:22:35Z
2023-11-22T19:22:35Z
 
Type Blog Post
 
Identifier 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://hdl.handle.net/10568/134659
https://www.ifpri.org/blog/food-price-shocks-and-diets-among-poor-households-egypt
 
Language en
 
Relation https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_25
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute