Farm prices fall in May
13 June 2025Global food prices declined in May, mainly due to lower prices for maize and palm oil. Bumper harvests in Brazil and Argentina, as well as record expectations for the U.S. corn.
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Doubling of rice prices threatens Japan’s political stability
12 June 2025The price of rice, a staple of the Japanese diet, has doubled in a year, threatening the country’s political stability. Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi introduced an innovative solution by directly.
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Nice International Conference on Oceans
11 June 2025The United Nations Conference on the Oceans (UNOC3) opened in Nice on 9 June and ended on 13 June. It brings together United Nations Member States, specialized agencies, civil society,.
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Only one country in the world is self-sufficient: Guyana
10 June 2025A scenario simulated by researchers shows that if global food trade stopped, only Guyana, a small country in South America, would be self-sufficient to meet all its basic food needs..
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Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade worsens
6 June 2025Agricultural trade is accelerating biodiversity loss in tropical regions, with more than 90% of species lost due to land use for export. Researchers from TUM (Technical University of Munich) and.
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The tropics have lost forests the size of Panama
5 June 2025In 2024, fires caused a record loss of primary tropical forests, reaching levels not seen in two decades. This destruction, mainly due to fires and agricultural expansion, has had major.
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When agriculture meets quantum computing
4 June 2025Will quantum computing become the new frontier of agricultural innovation? Quantum computing, with its principles of superposition and entanglement, goes beyond the limits of classical computers, offering solutions for complex.
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EA Foods, an African digital agricultural market platform
3 June 2025EA Foods is a digital agricultural marketplace. It uses technology to connect African smallholder farmers to fair markets that provide them with better incomes. The Tanzania-based company puts farmers at.
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The largest American landowner owns nearly a million hectares
30 May 2025As of 2025, the largest landowner in the United States is Red Emmerson. Red and his family own 2,440,000 acres (987,442 hectares) in California, Oregon and Washington through their forest.
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Average cost of healthy food per African: $3.74/day
29 May 2025An FAO report, published in 2024, highlights the cost of healthy diets (CoHD) in Africa, revealing regional disparities and challenges in economic access to decent nutrition. CoHD is defined as.
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