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The task of ensuring global food security has become even more critical as the world’s population hit a new milestone of 8 billion people in 2022, reports Xinhua (China). A global crisis necessitates global cooperation. The international food market is highly vulnerable to epidemics, regional conflicts, and other factors. In recent years, many food exporting countries have implemented protectionist policies, citing concerns over

In the new year, the impact of epidemics, wars, droughts, inflation, etc. will continue, and global food security will still face many variables, writes Epoch Times (China) in a report on food prices. According to David Laborde, a senior fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, 2022 was one of the worst years for global food security since 2007 for food-insecure populations. The

In an era of global uncertainties, including high food prices, political instability, and growing climate impacts, Africa faces unique challenges compared to other regions of the world. It must feed and nourish its young, expanding population while sustainably transforming its agriculture and food systems for the future. These are the issues that H.E. Ambassador Minata Samaté Cessouma, the African Union (AU)

India.com, in an article about Climate-Smart Village (CSV) initiative, quotes IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report which stated that around 65 million people globally will be at risk due to climate change-induced hunger, while over 17 million people in India will face hunger by 2030, the highest among all countries. According to experts, Indian farmers will be deeply impacted by extreme weather events in the days to

The International Food Policy Research Institute has shown that 29 countries tend to impose food export bans during a [food and prices] crisis, writes Aly Aum (Egypt) in an article discussing shipping industry and supply chain challenges it currently faces. Protectionism may have a significant impact on the Egyptian shipping industry, dramatically changing the way it operates.

The Nation (Malawi) quotes the latest IFPRI Malawi office report showing showing that across 26 markets in the country, on average, maize was selling at K471 per kilogram (kg) or K23 950 per 50kg bag during the last week of December, two percent less than in the previous month. According to the IFPRI Malawi monthly Maize Market Report, “The decline is mainly because Admarc depots

The Times Group (Malawi), in their investigation around the situation with maize stock and prices in the country, quotes the latest IFPRI’s Maize Market Report (IFPRI Malawi) which indicated that maize retail prices decreased by two percent in December 2022, despite market prices being higher than those in Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa. The report indicated that 17 out of 26 Agricultural Development

Business Mirror (The Philippines), in an article about the food waste and loss in the country, writes that the problem does not only occur in Philippine households. “Our farmers also incur postharvest losses, which the Food and Agriculture Organization has defined as measurable losses in edible food mass or nutritional value of food intended for human consumption. The International Food Policy Research Institute