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Rice continues to be in the news. Since India banned non-Basmati rice exports in July, rice prices have risen markedly, raising concerns that other countries might...

Rice export restrictions have driven up prices, while grain markets have been volatile since the suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Highlights: The fate of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is again in jeopardy. The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam last month has flooded cropland along the Dnipro River...

Over the past 10 months, world prices of most grains and oilseeds have fallen back to levels prior to the war in Ukraine. Likewise, volatility in prices has...

Africa is full of potential, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an important key to unlock it. Unleashing continental opportunities requires prioritizing issues, channelling...

Since peaking earlier this year, international food prices have returned to levels last seen prior to the Ukraine war. However, prices of most foodstuffs remain high...

The increase in fertilizer prices, which tends to be more rapid than the increase in the prices received by farmers, is also squeezing producer margins. This could imply, in turn, a lower...

The global prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. Even though in 2013, obesity reduction was agreed on as one of the Global Nutrition Targets, the world is off track...

There is increasing recognition of the relevance of trade and trade-related policies and measures to current global biodiversity crisis. Trade can exacerbate biodiversity degradation and loss but it also...

This draft ministerial decision on food security sets concrete steps to facilitate trade and improve the functioning and long-term resilience of global markets for food and agriculture, while keeping...