William J. Burke: Agricultural & Food Policy Consulting
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Media and op-eds
Occasionally the work colleagues and I do gets noticed by local media, or I'm asked for an opinion. Here are some excerpts & links:
Inflationary Pressure from War in Ukraine
Sinclair Media - May, 2022
"Those three countries — Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine — produce about 10% of the world’s nitrogen and phosphoric and over a third of the world’s potassium fertilizers... Anything that has to do with food security and in particular this issue, no one is immune. This should concern all of us," Burke said. “Whether it be your grocery bill or whether or not you’ve got large populations who are going to be hungrier in the coming year or years, that affects all of us directly. It’s not indirect."
Rebuilding Agricultural Subsidies from the Ground Up
Food Tank - April, 2018
"While there may be a compelling role for modified input subsidy programs in certain contexts, transformational change in Africa is more likely to come from helping farmers to increase the efficiency with which they use fertilizer through public investments in agricultural science research, robust extension services and investments in physical infrastructure."