{
  "title": "War Fuels Food Crisis",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture",
  "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture",
  "overlayPath": "/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture/index.md",
  "summary": "Three compounding crises—conflict, COVID, and climate change—are giving rise to another: hunger. FOOD PRICES ROSE 23 percent in 2021, ending several years of relative price stability, in part because extreme weather hurt harvests and energy costs climbed.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Three compounding crises—conflict, COVID, and climate change—are giving rise to another: hunger.\n- FOOD PRICES ROSE 23 percent in 2021, ending several years of relative price stability, in part because extreme weather hurt harvests and energy costs climbed.\n- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February sent prices to an all-time high by disrupting commodity flows from two of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and other staples."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Causes and drivers",
      "content": "- Conflict: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February disrupted commodity flows from two of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and other staples.\n- COVID: Ongoing pandemic effects continued to strain supply chains and demand patterns.\n- Climate change: Extreme weather hurt harvests, contributing to the 23 percent rise in food prices in 2021.\n- Energy costs: Climatic and market factors contributed to higher energy costs, which helped push food prices up."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Impacts and implications",
      "content": "- Rising food prices have ended several years of relative price stability.\n- The combination of conflict, COVID, and climate change is creating a compounded crisis with the potential to increase global hunger.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- picture-this-food-crisis2\n  - picture-this-food-crisis2 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - picture-this-food-crisis2 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture"
    }
  ],
  "bullets": [
    "[Markdown version](/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture/index.md)",
    "[Structured JSON version](/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture/index.json)",
    "[Bundle manifest](/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture/bundle-manifest.json)",
    "Authors: ANDREW STANLEY",
    "Published: June 2, 2022",
    "Three compounding crises—conflict, COVID, and climate change—are giving rise to another: hunger.",
    "FOOD PRICES ROSE 23 percent in 2021, ending several years of relative price stability, in part because extreme weather hurt harvests and energy costs climbed.",
    "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February sent prices to an all-time high by disrupting commodity flows from two of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and other staples.",
    "Conflict: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February disrupted commodity flows from two of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and other staples.",
    "COVID: Ongoing pandemic effects continued to strain supply chains and demand patterns.",
    "Climate change: Extreme weather hurt harvests, contributing to the 23 percent rise in food prices in 2021.",
    "Energy costs: Climatic and market factors contributed to higher energy costs, which helped push food prices up.",
    "Rising food prices have ended several years of relative price stability.",
    "The combination of conflict, COVID, and climate change is creating a compounded crisis with the potential to increase global hunger.",
    "**picture-this-food-crisis2**"
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "title": "picture-this-food-crisis2",
      "role": "document",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/fandd/article/2022/june/picture-this-food-crisis2.pdf",
      "summary": {
        "path": "/-/media/files/publications/fandd/article/2022/june/picture-this-food-crisis2.pdf.md",
        "mime": "text/markdown"
      },
      "binary": {
        "path": "/-/media/files/publications/fandd/article/2022/june/picture-this-food-crisis2.pdf",
        "mime": "application/pdf"
      }
    }
  ],
  "alternates": {
    "markdown": "/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture/index.md",
    "json": "/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture/index.json",
    "bundleManifest": "/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/06/war-fuels-food-crisis-picture/bundle-manifest.json"
  },
  "generatedAtUtc": "2026-09-15T18:01:19.025Z"
}