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TOPIC(S): World Hunger, Ag Africa, Weather,

06/15/2023 SOURCE: news.yahoo.com

This African Nation’s Surprise Plan for Farming Through Climate Disaster

Jane Barlow/PA Wire/Press Association via AP ImagesThe landlocked country of Malawi, in southeast Africa, is home to just 19.1 million people. According to the U.N., more than 2.8 million of these people—nearly 15 percent of the entire population—currently face starvation. Much of the reason, unsurprisingly, is climate-related: The country’s Ministry of Agriculture has stated that the production of corn—the country’s main staple food—dropped by 14 percent the previous year, as a result of severe

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TOPIC(S): Commodities, Agriculture Global, Trade (Commodities),

06/15/2023 SOURCE: www.afr.com

Grains mega-merger to reshape Australian farm exports

Global grain heavyweights Bunge and Glencore-backed Viterra will join forces in a move that gives them reach into Australia’s two biggest wheat states.

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TOPIC(S): Soybeans, Commodities, Trade (Commodities),

06/15/2023 SOURCE: www.canadiancattlemen.ca

U.S. grains: Soybeans reach one-month high on weather woes - Canadian Cattlemen

Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. soybean futures hit a one-month high on Tuesday on worries about dry conditions in the Midwest hurting crop prospects and

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TOPIC(S): Ag Africa,

06/15/2023 SOURCE: businessday.ng

Nigeria’s top 10 agric exports in Q1 2023

Cocoa beans, sesamum seeds, cashew, and seven others top the list of agricultural commodities Nigeria exported in the first quarter of 2023, generating