ElZubi on Sky News: Food Prices
The FAO Food Price Index rose in August 2026 to 133.3 points (+1.9%), with increases across all commodity groups, though it remains 16.8% below the peak of March 2022.
Dr. Fadel ELZUBI – Al Mashhad
“A famine is looming. Are we truly standing at the threshold of a global food collapse, or is the headline an exaggeration? Why has food security shifted from being a purely humanitarian concern to becoming an economic and political file?”
ElZubi on Jordan TV: Commodity Prices Rise in August
Appearing on Jordan Television’s Masarat program, Dr. ElZubi highlighted that all commodity groups registered an increase in price indices during August 2026, climbing by 1.9% compared to the revised figures of July.
ElZubi on Asharq Bloomberg:
The FAO Food Price Index rose in August 2026 to 133.3 points (+1.9%), with increases across all commodity groups, though it remains 16.8% below the peak of March 2022.
ELZUBI to Cairo News on Europe’s Corn Belt
The story is not about a single season’s drought, but about a shifting climatic line. The corn belt in Central Europe is not retreating—it is migrating northward.
Part of the loss stems from agricultural and economic decisions: expanding a crop with high water demand in a region of declining rainfall, while relying primarily on rain-fed farming.
Figures for 2026 should be treated as provisional. The harvest is not yet complete, and estimates remain subject to revision.
It is important not to conflate food security as nutrition with food security as a sectoral economy. Europe is facing a profitability crisis in its agricultural sector; we, by contrast, face the risk of supply shortages and declining purchasing power. Confusing the two weakens the argument.
The corn belt in the Pannonian Basin (Hungary, western Romania, Serbia, Slovakia) was built on three pillars:
• deep fertile soils,
• reliable summer rainfall of 550–650 mm,
• and a crop with high water consumption.
The second pillar has collapsed—taking the third down with it.
ELZUBI to Al Jazeera on Food Prices
The drivers of rising food prices can be grouped into three practical bundles:
• climatic supply shocks,
• logistical and geopolitical bottlenecks,
• and policy and trade decisions.
The first is temporary and seasonal. The second and third are structural—and far more dangerous—because they do not fade with the passing of a season.
ELZUBI to QBC on Climate Change and Insurance
Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue; it has become a financial and insurance challenge. Every dollar invested today in prevention and adaptation can save far greater losses tomorrow.
We are witnessing a shift from the problem of post disaster compensation to the problem of insurability itself. If losses continue to grow at 5–7% annually, the future question will not only be how much insurers will pay, but whether insurance will remain available at a price citizens can afford.