Locusts threaten African agriculture
23 April 2020Global locust damage could cost $8.5 billion, according to the World Bank, if swift action is not taken to control the invasion. Currently, locust swarms have already affected 23 countries.
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Lockdowns threatens crop pollination
22 April 2020Containment and quarantine measures and border closures, by restricting the movement of bees, are likely to have an impact on global agricultural production. Indeed, farmers’ crops depend on bees to.
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Food vulnerability in the Gulf States
21 April 2020The coronavirus crisis reveals one of the Gulf States’ greatest vulnerabilities: they import 90% of their food while global food chains are disrupted. The beginning of Ramadan, a holiday during.
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UN Development Programme to measure tech with impact in agrifood
20 April 2020Having received nearly 500 entries from startups and academic R&D teams across the globe, applicants to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP’s) Cultiv@te challenge have now been shortlisted down to 55..
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10.6 million acres of illegal farms in Ukraine
16 April 2020Ukraine is one of the world’s top grain producers. The Eastern European country earned the nickname “Europe’s breadbasket.” Just how extensive Ukraine’s farmland is has only recently come to light,.
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UN organizations fear a risk of food shortages in most vulnerable countries
15 April 2020The coronavirus pandemic poses a real risk of food shortages on the world market, according to the FAO, WHO and WTO. The UN organisations fear a wave of stock retention.
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World coffee consumption, a victim of coronavirus
14 April 2020Global coffee consumption is likely to fall considerably as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This was estimated by the International Coffee Organization (ICO) in its March monthly review. According.
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The index of certain agricultural products plummets over 9% in a month
10 April 2020According to Rabobank, the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in oil prices have led to a 9% decrease in the prices of agricultural products in 30 days. Sugar has once.
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Panic buying may drive world food inflation
9 April 2020Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations,.
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Toward Food Nationalism ?
8 April 2020Some governments are moving to secure domestic food supplies during the conoravirus pandemic. Kazakhstan, one of the world’s biggest shippers of wheat flour, banned exports of that product Vietnam temporarily.
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