07/05/2022 SOURCE: allianceforscience.cornell.edu
As the price of delicacies made from cowpea, or beans, continues to rise in Ghana, some vendors are hoping that genetically modified cowpea will increase supplies and reduce consumer costs. Cowpea is a key ingredient in such popular Ghanaian dishes as waakye, gari and beans (also known as red-red or gorbe) and kose. It typically […]
Ghana's food vendors hope GM cowpea brings lower prices - Alliance for Science
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06/30/2022 SOURCE: globalvoices.org
It is estimated that there are as many as 2.8 million people — nearly 40 percent of the population — suffering from food insecurity in the English-speaking Caribbean, most of them from low-income households.
The Caribbean's ‘looming’ food security storm suddenly seems more threatening
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06/29/2022 SOURCE: today.tamu.edu
Experts say Russia’s war on Ukrainian agriculture sets the stage for political destabilization and a transformation of global trade patterns.
Ukraine Conflict Continues To Send Shockwaves Through World Food System
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Randy Krotz
Topics: GMO's, FDA, USDA, Ag South America, Food Security/Shortage,
Argentina's Bioceres says its GMO wheat gets key OK from U.S. FDA
BUENOS AIRES, June 27 (Reuters) - Argentina's Bioceres said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had positively concluded a review of its genetically modified (GMO) drought resistant HB4 wheat, which it called a "key step" to commercializing it in the country.The HB4 wheat still needs approval from the U.S.
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06/27/2022 SOURCE: flip.it
Challenges abound as industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils.
Here’s The Latest Data On Climate And Food And It’s Not Good
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06/21/2022 SOURCE: www.world-grain.com
World’s most populous nation reaches for self-sufficiency as it holds fast to food security.
China hungry for more
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06/20/2022 SOURCE: www.fwi.co.uk
Surging inflation is weakening relations between supermarket retailers and their farmer suppliers whose requests for price increases are often refused,
Rising costs strain farmer and retailer relations on pricing - Farmers Weekly
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Russia & CIS, Ag Europe, Government / Policies, Food Security/Shortage,
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JAMES MSASA
Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Global Specialty Food, Ag Tech, Ag Innovation, Ag Startups & Financing, Ag Africa, Agronomy, AgriBusiness, Food Security/Shortage,
Hard times as prices of maize flour, cooking oil to increase
Manufacturers lament increased production cost due to shortage of raw materials for the essential food items.
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Topics: Wheat, Agriculture Global, Food Security/Shortage,
Grain now a 'means of war', says German official
While grain has become a "means of war" and solidarity with Ukraine is a top priority right now, pressing the pause button on environmental and climate protection would be fatal because "climate crisis will not pause either", a senior official at the German agriculture ministry told EURACTIV.
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