Selected Media Appearances
Interviewed in “From Surplus to Strain: World Rice Supply Threatened by Iran War, El Nino,“
Reuters, April 30, 2026
Interviewed in “Crisis Could Become a ‘Food Catastrophe,‘”
BBC World News, April 28, 2026
Interviewed in “Spotlight: The Battle of Wheat, the War in the Middle East and Food Crisis” (starts at min ’23)
RAI News24, April 27, 2026
Interviewed in “India Faces Rising Food Inflation Risk Amid Fertilizer Supply Disruptions,”
The New Indian Express, April 22, 2026
Interviewed in “Clock Is Ticking to Prevent Global Food Crisis,“
CNN Newsroom, April 16, 2026
Interviewed in “The Effects Of the War with Iran on Food Prices,”
Panorama Mundial Con Gabi Frías, CNN International, April 16, 2026
Interviewed in “War’s Impact on Fertilizers Stirs Food Producer Fears,“
AFP, April 10, 2026
Quoted in “Strait of Hormuz Blockade Could Turn Into Global Agrifood Crisis,”
Australian Broadcasting Coorporation, April 15, 202
Interviewed in “‘Hanging by a Thread’: Fertilizer Shortage in India Deepens Due to Ongoing Iran War (listen below),”
National Public Radio, April 14, 2026
Interviewed in “World Faces Food ‘Catastrophe,’ If Strait of Hormuz Disruption Persists,“
Al Jazeera, April 14, 2026
Interviewed in “Protracted Hormuz Crisis Could Trigger Agrifood Catastrophe,”
Reuters, April 13, 2026
Interviewed in “Fuel Shortages From Iran War Threaten Asia’s Biggest Food Staple,”
The Strait Times, April 11, 2026
Interviewed in “Is the Ceasefire in the Gulf Too Late to Stop Food Prices Rising?“
BBC World Service • World Business Report, April 9, 2026
Interviewed in “How the Iran War Has Sowed Panic Among Farmers,”
The Economist, April 7, 2026
Interviewed in “FAO Warns of a ‘Cascade Effect’ in Prices Due to the Situation in Hormuz,”
EFE, April 6, 2026
Interviewed in “Energy Crunch Could Trigger Global Food Security Crisis,”
CGTN, April 4, 2026
Interviewed in “World Food Price Rise Set to Continue if Iran War Lasts, FAO Says,”
Reuters, April 3, 2026
Interviewed in “FAO Chief Economist Warns of Looming Food Shock if Middle East War Drags on,”
Euractiv, April 2, 2026
UN Press Briefing: “Persian Gulf Crisis Impacting Food Security,”
UN News, March 26, 2026
Interviewed in “The Global Food Crisis Unleashed by the War (paywall),”
Financial Times, March 26, 2026
Interviewed in “The Impact of the War Against Iran on the Agribusiness Sector,”
Panorama Mundial con Gabriela Frías, CNN en Español, March 24, 2026
Interviewed in “How the War in Iran Threatens Global Food Supply (listen below),”
National Public Radio, March 20, 2026
Interviewed in “War in Iran Threatens Fresh Food-Price Shock across Developing World,”
Reuters, March 20, 2026
Interviewed in “Hormuz Disruption Threatens Global Food System via Fertiliser Shock, FAO says,”
Arabian Business, March 19, 2026
Interviewed in “Prolonged Iran War Could Have ‘Serious’ Impact on Food Prices,“
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2026
Interviewed in “The Economic and Trade Impact of the War with Iran,”
Panorama Mundial con Gabriela Frías, CNN en Español, March 5, 2026
Interviewed in “India Needs to Invest More in Accelerating Diversification of Food Production,”
The Hindu, September 14, 2025
Interviewed in “Over Half of Haiti’s Population Faces Severe Food Deprivation,“
EFE, August 23, 2025
Interviewed in “Global Hunger Falls But Conflict and Climate Threaten Progress,”
Reuters, July 28, 2025
Interviewed in “South American Cereal Exporters Could Be ‘Winners’ in Trade War,“
Bloomberg, April 15, 2025
Interviewed in “Global Food Prices and Tariffs,”
BBC Talking Business, April 4, 2025
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