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Bloomberg published an article informing the public that the U.S. Coast Guard has reopened the Mississippi River to maritime traffic, ending a shutdown that stranded more than 1,000 barges on the key conduit for agriculture exports. Delays are expected when repairs begin on the bridge for highway travel.” “Hopefully the repair efforts will not cause restrictions in barge traffic,” said senior research fellow Joseph Glauber. […]

East African Standard published an article stating that enforcement of food safety regulations is necessary but insufficient to solve this problem. Aflatoxin contamination must be addressed at its root, during production, and on-farm storage. Research by IFPRI and others points to some solutions including education, incentivizing farmers, and removing the middleman. Educating farmers about how to prevent aflatoxin leads to […]

Development and Cooperation published an article on smallholder farmers in Africa face many risks – some of which are related to climate change. Specific weather forecasts and crop insurance can help reduce losses and improve food security. Combining both is particularly useful. Droughts, storms, and floods pose a threat to farmers around the world. But accurate weather forecasts […]

The Times (Malawi) published an article on the status of maize prices in April. The article uses the IFPRI-Malawi data that show that the retail price of maize decreased by 4.7 percent in April.  This comes as the country is projected to have a bumper yield this year, thanks to the good rainfall pattern and the Affordable Input Programme implementation.  This trend […]

Free PR Now published an article on the increase of bitterness suppressors in food. Bitterness Suppressors is used to lower bitterness level in the medicines and food & beverages products. It includes various ingredients such as fats, salts, sugar, and other flavors to lower the bitterness of food. Bitterness Suppressors helps to remove unpleasant taste and flavor from […]

BioSpace published an article on how the poultry health market is set to see growth at an impressive CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 7.6% between 2017 and 2025, owing to increasing levels of awareness regarding poultry diseases, owing to a recent study by Transparency Market Research. This will pull up the market share to a […]

CNN published an article that stated as the country slowly climbs out of the pandemic, the Biden administration is ending a program that delivered nearly 167 million boxes of fresh food to families in need and helped farmers sell their produce at a time when supply chain disruptions forced them to dump milk and destroy their crops. It’s […]

Sohu (China) published an article stating that under the influence of multiple factors, commodity prices have risen rapidly recently. Since the impact of the new crown epidemic in 2020, the expectation of a recovery in global demand has continued to drive up commodity prices. At the same time, the Fed has not substantially tightened its operations, and the […]

Financial Express (Bangladesh) published an article that explained the differences in the way that people are looking at COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Unlike the first wave of the Covid pandemic, the second wave has brought a number of new challenges for the agriculture sector. These include damage to paddy production due to blast disease and heatwave in a number […]

  May 7  Radio Habana Cuba published an article on life after COVID-19 and the impact the health crisis has on food security. Food insecurity in the world’s poorest countries reached record highs in 2020, with millions staring at famine, a situation exacerbated in part by the COVID pandemic, according to a UN report. From Haiti to Syria, […]