WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Q&A on May 2, 2024: * * * Setting the Record Straight on Ukraine's Grain Exports By Emma Dodd, Caitlin Welsh and Joseph Glauber High-level policymakers have recently asserted that Ukraine's grain and oilseed exports are meeting and exceeding pre-war export levels. Data show that this is not the case. Ukrainian farmers deserve credit for sustaining Ukraine's agriculture sector throughout the war and f  more

ROME, Italy, May 4 -- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization issued the following news on May 3, 2024: The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals more than offset decreases for sugar and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a set of glob  more