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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 […]

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 […]

Business Mirror (The Philippines), in an article about food waste and loss in the country, writes that the problem does not only occur in Philippine households, but in countries throughout the world. Food waste and loss is not merely what happens with consumers, but “Our farmers also incur postharvest losses, which the Food and Agriculture […]

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. […]