Global food crisis
As parents and global citizens, we are very worried about the cost-of-living crisis that the world is facing – the worst in over a generation. The interlinked shocks of the…
Global food security
Since the 2014 Crimean annexation, Russia has focused on claiming and invading the sovereign territory of Ukraine. The slow annexation of Ukraine started with the funding of Russian-backed separatist fighter…
Middle East drought a threat to global food prices
The Middle East's driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers' livelihoods blighted, UN experts and climatologists say. Varying…
Sustainable food–not more of it–needed as global hunger soars
As global hunger swiftly rises - by more than a third last year - curbing it will require not growing more food but rethinking broader systems of trade and aid,…
Acute food inflation and a shallow global policy leadership response
The ‘Food security’ update recently released by World Bank indicated a very difficult food inflation situation globally, whereby it pointed out: ‘Information from the latest month between March and June…
From war to wild weather, global crop problems point to years of high food prices
Eric Broten had planned to sow about 5,000 acres of corn this year on his farm in North Dakota, but persistent springtime rains limited him to just 3,500 in a…
Global oil disaster?
On October 19, 1973, immediately following the Nixon administration’s affirmation of a $2.2 billion military aid package to Israel in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, Arab states responded…
Rising global economic uncertainties
‘Businesses, governments, and investors were already navigating a foggy global landscape before the tragic events unfolding in the Middle East. …Even in the highly unlikely event that the geopolitical situation…
How not to waste food
The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) was observed on September 29, 2023. The theme of this year’s IDAFLW was ‘Stop Food Loss and Waste; for…
Rice price spike offers preview of climate food disruption
A 15-year high in rice prices, prompted by top exporter India’s restrictions on overseas sales, should be a wake-up call on how climate change can disrupt food supplies, experts say.…
