# Overcoming the threats to global food systems from Russia's invasion of Ukraine | IFPRI

> The IFPRI analysis warns that Russia's invasion of Ukraine could trigger a global food security crisis through soaring food and fertilizer costs. The FAO Food Price Index hit an all-time high in February, with cereal and vegetable oil prices above 2008/9 levels.

- Date: 2022-03-11 · published 2022-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11340-overcoming-the-threats-to-global-food-systems-from-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Disruption of Russian and Ukrainian cereal and vegetable oil output and trade supports grain, oilseed and fertilizer prices. Feed buyers face sustained cost pressure.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-16 | [Russia’s invasion of Ukraine puts additional strain on global food production chain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40881-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-puts-additional-strain-on-global-food-production.md) | -2.3% | -13.8% |
| WHEAT | 2022-02-24 | [Ukraine Invasion Threatens Global Wheat Supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6311-ukraine-invasion-threatens-global-wheat-supply.md) | +6.8% | +25.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-02-24 | [AgriMarketing.com - Wheat Prices Soar Following Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42753-agrimarketing-com-wheat-prices-soar-following-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine.md) | +6.8% | +25.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-02-24 | [The price of wheat has jumped to its highest level since 2012 amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine \| Fortune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9676-the-price-of-wheat-has-jumped-to-its-highest-level-since-2012-amid-russia-s.md) | +6.8% | +25.3% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-23 | [How Russia's invasion of Ukraine rocked commodity markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6242-how-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-rocked-commodity-markets.md) | +1.3% | -9.2% |
| CORN | 2022-02-24 | [Ukraine Invasion Threatens Global Wheat Supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6311-ukraine-invasion-threatens-global-wheat-supply.md) | +6.5% | +12.3% |
| CORN | 2022-02-24 | [The price of wheat has jumped to its highest level since 2012 amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine \| Fortune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9676-the-price-of-wheat-has-jumped-to-its-highest-level-since-2012-amid-russia-s.md) | +6.5% | +12.3% |
| CORN | 2022-11-04 | [Russia’s UN Grain Deal Boomerang: Implications for the Deal and Global Food Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7291-russia-s-un-grain-deal-boomerang-implications-for-the-deal-and-global-food.md) | -0.9% | -4.5% |

## Sources

- ifpri.org: https://www.ifpri.org/blog/overcoming-threats-russias-invasion-ukraine-poses-global-food-systems/

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