Will food prices get higher?

The war in Ukraine, heatwaves and export bans on essential staples – threats to food supplies are rising once again. The HSRC’s Professor Peter Jacobs speaks to Al Jazeera English’s Counting the Cost on the global events impacting food security right now, including the Russia-Ukraine grain deal, climate change, disrupted transport networks, inflation and debt. The show takes a weekly look at the world’s top business and economics stories.

Professor Peter Jacobs is a Strategic Lead in the Equitable Education and Economies (EEE) division of the HSRC. He holds a PhD in Economics from Fordham University (New York) and a C2 researcher rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF). His areas of research interest include: the economics of agrarian transitions, with special emphasis on land reform and small-scale farming, socioeconomic dynamics of innovation, agro-food systems/AVCs; political economy of food and nutrition security.