High food prices and supply disruptions triggered by the Ukraine war are hitting Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries like Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen hard, partly due their heavy dependence on wheat imports. But in the region, Lebanon—already in the midst of one of the world’s worst economic collapses since the 1850s—is uniquely vulnerable to food security impacts from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
الصراع القائم بين روسيا وأكرانيا وتفاقم مشاكل الأمن الغذائي في السودان
تسبب الغزو الروسي لأوكرانيا في تعطيل الإنتاج الزراعي والتجارة من إحدى أهم مناطق العالم لتصدير المواد الغذائية، وتهدد الحرب بارتفاعٍ أسعار المواد الغذائية المتزايدة بالفعل، وستؤدي كذلك إلى ندرتها، ولا سيما في المناطق الأكثر اعتمادًا على القمح والصادرات الأخرى من روسيا وأوكرانيا – وتحديدًا بلدان منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to compound Sudan’s existing food security problems
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world's major food exporting regions. The war threatens to drive rising food prices still higher and create scarcity, especially for regions most dependent on wheat and other exports from Russia and Ukraine—particularly the Middle East and North Africa.
Research for Development and Food Security: The Sudan Strategy Support Program
Launch and Co-Creation Workshop View event proceedings, publication on research priority setting and a suite of studies on wheat value chains in Sudan. Yumna Kassim, Oliver Kirui and Clemens Breisinger On Wednesday, February 9th, 2022, the Sudan Strategy Support Program (Sudan SSP) launched at the AlSalam Rotana Hotel. Against a backdrop of the timely discussion […]
A Deeper Look into Sudan’s Wheat Value Chains and Wheat Policy Options
As part of its broader engagement in Sudan, IFPRI is conducted a suite of studies, elaborated here, on wheat value chains in Sudan.
