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Which food prices could rise as war and heatwaves hit supplies?

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 756 words · By Doloresz Katanich
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What to know about Which food prices could rise as war and heatwaves hit supplies?

Global food prices are expected to increase by double digits in 2026 as Russia's escalating war in Ukraine worsens the impact of other food price shocks, according to Oxford Economics.

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What happened

Global food prices are expected to increase by double digits in 2026 as Russia's escalating war in Ukraine worsens the impact of other food price shocks, according to Oxford Economics.

Why it matters

Wheat is expected to face the greatest pressure, likely pushing up bread and pasta prices.

Common ground

Global food prices are expected to increase by 11.8% this year and by 4.8% in 2027, with the most severe impact expected to be on crops — grains, fruit and vegetables — and dairy, according to Oxford Economics.

Perspective signals

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Global food prices are expected to increase by 11.8% this year and by 4.8% in 2027”
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While one source mentions that drought in Hungary could drive food inflation higher in 2027, there is no evidence in the provided results confirming the specific figures of 11.8% for the current year or 4.8% for 2027.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Global may refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A global city (also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center) is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and ur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Globalization is the process of increasing interdependence and integration among the economies, markets, societies, and cultures of different countries worldwide. It can be attributed to a series of f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization
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Claim 2: “equivalent to almost 17% of global cereal exports”
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Claim 3: “wheat... prices expected to jump by 36% year on year to $6.92 a bushel... in the third quarter of 2026”
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Claim 4: “the two countries [Russia and Ukraine] together account for just under 30% of total global wheat exports and above 10% of corn”
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No evidence was found after searching for the export percentages of Russia and Ukraine for wheat and corn.
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Claim 5: “Wheat is used in processed foods ranging from bread and pasta to breakfast cereals and biscuits”
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Claim 6: “The forecast increase in 2026 is still lower than the 14.2% rise recorded in 2022”
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Claim 7: “Cereals form 25% of the global food price index”
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The search results provided for this claim are entirely irrelevant, discussing 'Six Flags' theme parks instead of the global food price index.
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web search NEUTRAL — Get your Season Pass for Six Flags Over Texas and enjoy unlimited visits, exclusive perks, discounts, and special access all year long.
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Claim 8: “Attacks on Russian and Ukrainian ports... could affect 86 million tonnes of annual grain-export capacity — 52 million tonnes from Russia and 34 million tonnes from Ukraine”
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No evidence was found after searching for the specific impact of port attacks on grain-export capacity figures (86m, 52m, 34m).
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Claim 9: “Coceral... cutting its forecast for the combined EU-27 and UK grain harvest from 295.5 million tonnes to 286.6 million tonnes”
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Two independent web sources (ICIS and The Economy) explicitly confirm that COCERAL lowered its grain harvest forecast for the EU-27 and UK from 295.5 million tonnes to 286.6 million tonnes.
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web search NEUTRAL — COCERAL cut its 2026 EU-27 plus UK grain harvest forecast to 295.5 million metric tons, down from 298.8 million in March and sharply below last year's 311.3 million.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/indexbox_coceral-lowers-2026-…
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web search NEUTRAL — European grain and oilseeds trade association COCERAL has sharply lowered its crop forecast, projecting total 2026 EU-27+UK grain production down to 286.6 million tonnes, a steep drop from its previou…
https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2026/08/10/11228…
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web search NEUTRAL — By July 2026, the grain traders' association COCERAL had already cut its estimate for total EU and UK grain production to 286.6 million tons, down from 295.5 million tons just a month earlier and 23.4…
https://economy.ac/review/2026/09/202609295562
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Claim 10: “fertiliser prices are forecast to rise by 22% this year”
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The evidence discusses fertilizer prices softening in late 2025 or increasing by 150% in a specific country (Ethiopia/Addis Standard), but does not confirm a global forecast of a 22% rise for the current year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Fertilizer prices softened in late 2025 but remain elevated due to rising input costs, China’s export restrictions, and shifting global trade flows.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/fertilizer-markets-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sophia reiterates the price of fertilizer increased by more than 150% this year compared to last year, and says that the price could have soared a lot more had the government not finalized the purchas…
https://addisstandard.com/analysis-farmers-brace-for-the-wor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Recent Fertilizer Price Trends. The prices of major fertilizer products in Illinois began increasing in 2021, peaking at various points in the 2nd quarter of 2022.
https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2023/08/fertilizer-prices-…
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Claim 11: “Germany’s grain harvest is expected to fall by 7% this year... It forecast production of 41.9 million tonnes”
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The claim that Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by 7% is explicitly confirmed by the German Farmers' Association (DBV) in one source. However, the specific production figure of 41.9 million tonnes is not explicitly stated in the provided snippets, though the 7% drop is.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western and Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north with the Alps to the south. Its 16 consti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign "states" (German: Länder, sing. Land). Of the 16 states, 13 are so-called "area-states" (Flächenländer); in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany
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Claim 12: “Global food prices are expected to increase by double digits in 2026”
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The provided web search results mention a 'Cost of Living Index 2026' and 'Gulfood 2027', but none of the sources provide a specific projection that global food prices will increase by double digits (10% or more) in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Global may refer to:
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Claim 13: “That compares with 310 million tonnes harvested in 2025”
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The claim that 310 million tonnes were harvested in 2025 is mentioned in one web search result ('War and heatwaves threaten to push bread and pasta prices higher'). Other sources provide different figures (e.g., 311.3 million), but this specific figure is only corroborated by one source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It compr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E numbers, short for Europe numbers, are codes for substances used as food additives, including those found naturally in many foods, such as vitamin C, for use within the European Union (EU) and Europ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — European Union law is a system of supranational laws operating within the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). Originally referred to as Community law, it has grown over time since the 1952 fo…
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Claim 14: “According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, global food commodity prices were 1% higher in July than a year earlier, with cereal prices up 6.9% and vegetable-oil prices up approximately 17.3%”
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Claim 15: “global diesel prices surged 36% year on year in July”
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The search results for 'global diesel prices' returned dictionary definitions and unrelated company information, providing no data on price surges in July.
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web search NEUTRAL — GLOBAL definition: 1. relating to the whole world: 2. considering or relating to all parts of a situation or subject…. Learn more.
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web search NEUTRAL — At Global, we're proud to be one of the world’s leading media & entertainment groups. Everything we do is driven by our culture, the talented people who make it happen and of course, our loyal audienc…
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