Comparative Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Staple Food Prices

This study compares the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war on global staple food prices to know which is more dangerous. The error correction model (ECM) was used to examine the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war on global wheat, maize, soybean, and rice prices. The study used...

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Main Authors: Agus Dwi Nugroho, Zoltan Lakner
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Language:English
Published: Czech Statistical Office 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://csu.gov.cz/docs/107508/7adcd442-cf92-051a-573a-21bb67b2c4b5/32019725q2_nugroho_lakner.pdf?version=1.0
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description This study compares the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war on global staple food prices to know which is more dangerous. The error correction model (ECM) was used to examine the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war on global wheat, maize, soybean, and rice prices. The study used data from January 1997–June 2023 from various source databases. Covid-19 increased the global wheat, maize, and soybean prices in the long-run but had no impact at all in the short-run. Meanwhile, the Russia-Ukraine war only raised global wheat prices in the short-run but did not affect other global staple food prices. Covid-19 has spurred a bigger increase in global staple food prices than the Russia-Ukraine war. Increases in the short – and long-run global wheat, maize, and soybeans prices have also been attributed to rising global oil prices. The rise in urea fertilizer prices led to a short- and long-run increase in the price of rice globally while simultaneously lowering the price of wheat globally.
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spelling doaj-art-8dd72a832d7e4c968bca3c9944f53b1f2025-08-20T02:07:51ZengCzech Statistical OfficeStatistika: Statistics and Economy Journal0322-788X1804-87652025-06-01105222724410.54694/stat.2024.29Comparative Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Staple Food PricesAgus Dwi Nugroho0Zoltan Lakner1Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaHungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Godollo, HungaryThis study compares the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war on global staple food prices to know which is more dangerous. The error correction model (ECM) was used to examine the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war on global wheat, maize, soybean, and rice prices. The study used data from January 1997–June 2023 from various source databases. Covid-19 increased the global wheat, maize, and soybean prices in the long-run but had no impact at all in the short-run. Meanwhile, the Russia-Ukraine war only raised global wheat prices in the short-run but did not affect other global staple food prices. Covid-19 has spurred a bigger increase in global staple food prices than the Russia-Ukraine war. Increases in the short – and long-run global wheat, maize, and soybeans prices have also been attributed to rising global oil prices. The rise in urea fertilizer prices led to a short- and long-run increase in the price of rice globally while simultaneously lowering the price of wheat globally.https://csu.gov.cz/docs/107508/7adcd442-cf92-051a-573a-21bb67b2c4b5/32019725q2_nugroho_lakner.pdf?version=1.0wheatmaizesoybeanricefood price volatility
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wheat
maize
soybean
rice
food price volatility
title Comparative Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Staple Food Prices
title_full Comparative Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Staple Food Prices
title_fullStr Comparative Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Staple Food Prices
title_full_unstemmed Comparative Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Staple Food Prices
title_short Comparative Impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Staple Food Prices
title_sort comparative impact of covid 19 and the russia ukraine war on global staple food prices
topic wheat
maize
soybean
rice
food price volatility
url https://csu.gov.cz/docs/107508/7adcd442-cf92-051a-573a-21bb67b2c4b5/32019725q2_nugroho_lakner.pdf?version=1.0
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