Coronavirus Crisis Worsens World Hunger
21 May 2020The United Nations Nutrition Report 2020 warns of a likely doubling of hungry people as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Their number would increase from 130 million to 265.
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Egypt still the world’s largest exporter of oranges
20 May 2020In 2019, Egypt consolidated for the second consecutive year its position as the world’s leading exporter of oranges. According to data collected by Agribusiness Intelligence, the country’s exports reached around.
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Composting of hogs in the United States
19 May 2020The outbreak of the covide-19 epidemic in U.S. slaughterhouses resulted in the destruction of 7 million hogs during this quarter. That’s nearly 500 million kilograms of meat lost. Some Minnesota.
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25 measures to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
15 May 2020McKinsey & Company identified in a new report – Agriculture and Climate Change: Reducing emissions through improved farming practices- 25 measures to reduce on-farm emissions that could abate 4.6 gigatons of carbon.
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Slight decline in world wheat production
14 May 2020The International Grains Council (IGC) has lowered its estimate of world wheat production in 2020/2021. The world harvest would be reduced by 4 million tonnes to 764 million tonnes due.
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Coronavirus has not slowed down coffee consumption
13 May 2020In 2019/2020, the world coffee market is expected to record a slight surplus of 1.95 million bags compared to a deficit of 474,000 bags previously forecast by the International Coffee.
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Outburst of agricultural nationalism
12 May 2020We know that soaring bread prices or food shortages cause revolutions. If the Covid-19 crisis has (still) caused only a few supply disruptions – without serious consequences because of the.
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One man’s happiness…
8 May 2020While many of their employees are victims of Covid-19, many slaughterhouses are closing their doors and the meat shelves of supermarkets remain desperately empty. One third of the pork and.
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Worse than the coronavirus, the drought…
8 May 2020For the time being, the planet is not in danger of suffering from food shortages and agriculture from production crises. However, the protectionist measures taken by many States are raising.
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A global food shortage is unlikely
6 May 2020“There is no reason to have a food price crisis like the one we had in 2007. (The world) has enough food available, it’s just a logistical problem,” said Maximo.
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