DDirector of Club Demeter, which brings together decision-makers from the agricultural and agri-food sector, Sébastien Abis is an associate researcher at the Institute for International and Strategic Relations (Iris). He notably published Geopolitics of wheat (ed. Armand Colin/Iris, 2015) and co-edited with Matthieu Brun the 2022 Demeter report entitled Food, the new frontiers.
Point : In what food context does the war in Ukraine take place?
Sebastien Abis: In February, the general food price index of the FAO [Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation, NDLR] had already reached a historic peak, at 140. Even in 2010-2011, when the food crisis triggered part of the Arab Spring, this index was not so high. The pandemic has derailed flows, our fashions…
Consult our file: War in Ukraine
