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Rassad published a long piece on the results of a study conducted by (IFPRI) the International Food Policy Research Institute.  IFPRI conducted a survey of more than 6,000 poor and semi-poor households from all over Egypt by phone in October and November 2022. The researchers wanted to know how households dealt with food insecurity, food […]

In Egypt, butchers say they are shutting up shop as the costs of supplying goods to customers have risen so high that many have stopped buying and eating red meat, reports Mada Masr.com. With the rates suppliers are offering, butchers would have to hike the purchasing price for consumers still further, a move they fear […]

Farm Progress, in a report on food prices, writes, the rate of inflation may ease a bit in the coming months, but that won’t come as much relief for growers and consumers still facing mounting costs, two financial experts acknowledge.  Despite rising commodity, labor, and energy costs, the farm value of retail food prices has […]

The income support to farmers under PM-KISAN scheme may be enhanced to `8,000 from `6,000/year, in the upcoming Budget as it seeks to provide a modicum of consumption booster, despite the budgetary focus on macroeconomic stability, writes the Indian Express in an article. The enhancement in the PM-KISAN amount could be for a year and […]

The Irish Examiner published an op-ed by John Whelan on food prices. He writes that Ireland’s food and drink exporters are thinking about where things will stand in 2023. The rampant increase in exports last year as reported by Bord Bia was mainly driven by the sector pushing up prices. This is unlikely to continue […]

Upgrade (Austria) published an article on food production and how experts see the challenges ahead.   With a global population already more than 8 billion and one in ten people suffering from hunger, improving food security amid climate change concerns, requires international coordination and transdisciplinary collaboration, say experts including Charlotte Hebebrand, the Communications and Public […]

The Times of India, in a piece about the food security and climate change effects on agriculture in India, writes that malnutrition, water shortages, low output per acre, and climate change will be major challenges ahead. It quotes the 2022 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) by the International Food Policy Research Institute, which estimates that climate […]

Economic growth and inflation will slow in the coming months, but commodity prices are likely to be volatile as the world’s farmers try to catch up with the global appetite for food, said two leading agricultural economists on Wednesday.  “I think that 2023 still looks pretty strong” for U.S. farm income, said Nathan Kaufman, the Kansas […]

The South Asia region has about a quarter of the world’s population and is projected to grow to about 40 percent by 2050. It bears a high burden of poverty and undernutrition, writes the Wire in a report about trade, nutrition, and food security. About 42 percent of the world’s poor, earning less than US$1.25 […]

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 […]