Quick facts – Surging food prices fuel protests across developing world
Reuters The war in Ukraine and drought fuelled by climate change has sent global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertiliser soaring. Rising prices for basic food staples is fuelling protests from Indonesia to Iran. Riot police block demonstrators and members of worker unions during a protest against Peru’s President Pedro Castillo’s government and rising food […]
Risk of food insecurity threatens record 36 per cent of Brazilian families – study
Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters The risk of going hungry in Brazil is higher than ever, as the percentage of people unable to afford food for themselves or their family at some point during the last 12 months rose to a record 36 per cent in 2021, from 30 per cent in 2019, a newly published study […]
Christian leaders in Africa praying for peace in Ukraine amid growing food security concerns
Nairobi, Kenya Christian leaders in Africa are praying for peace between Ukraine and Russia, saying the conflict is impacting food security in Africa as both countries are essential grain and oil crude exporters to the continent. Women at a roadside marketplace around Kibale, Uganda. PICTURE: NeilsPhotography (licensed under CC BY 2.0) In Uganda, clerics said the war has […]
Rising prices: Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa
NELSON BANYA, of Reuters, reports on how the conflict in Ukraine is contributing to massive price rises in Africa…
IMF, World Bank, WFP and WTO urge coordinated action on food security
Washington DC, US Reuters The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, UN World Food Program and World Trade Organization on Wednesday called for urgent, coordinated action on food security, and appealed to countries to avoid banning food or fertiliser exports. In a joint statement, the leaders of the four institutions warned that the war in Ukraine […]
In Peru’s slums, chicken off the menu as soup kitchens struggle with inflation
Lima, PeruReuters In the hilly slums of Peruvian capital Lima, soup kitchens struggle to feed some of the Andean nation’s poorest and most vulnerable residents, cutting proteins and loading up on carbohydrates, as food prices soar. “The rise in prices is huge,” said Jenifer Mondalgo, president of the soup kitchen association in the Pamplona Alta […]
World food prices hit record high in March; in Russia people now spending twice as much – UN agency
London, UKReuters World food prices jumped nearly 13 per cent in March to a new record high as the war in Ukraine caused turmoil in markets for staple grains and edible oils, the UN food agency said on Friday. Full shelves with fruits are pictured in a supermarket during the spread of the coronavirus disease […]
Essay: Famines – what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout
As the Ukraine conflict sparks concerns over food security in many nations, EOIN MCLAUGHLIN, CHRIS COLVIN and MATTHIAS BLUM, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at what history shows us…
Food security: Ukraine war threatens supplies in fragile Arab world
ZEINA KARAM, of Associated Press, reports on the Middle Eastern food crisis which is rippling out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
EU offers farmers aid, more land to grow due to Ukraine war
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The European Union will distribute €500 million to help farmers and allow them to grow crops on fallow land to mitigate food price spikes and potential shortages resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Published on Wednesday, the proposals by the EU’s executive European Commission also include assistance to Ukraine to help its farmers […]