PUBLICATION | 2026 Drought in East Africa and Middle East / Central Asia A sequence of drought events has been affecting East Africa and the Middle East/Central Asia since 2021. Warmer temperatures and heatwaves compounded with precipitation deficits and contributed to shape...
PUBLICATION | 2026 Making Sense of the Bioeconomy: A Critical Analysis of EU Policy Narratives and Responses This study critically examines how EU bioeconomy policy narratives prior to 2025 construct the concept of bioeconomy and how the extended peer community makes sense of...
NEWS | 20 May 2026 East Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia hit by repeated droughts since 2021 The Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published a new report Drought in East Africa, Middle East and Central Asia showing that 2021–2025 was the warmest five-year...
NEWS | 20 May 2026 Strait of Hormuz conflict threatens global food prices as FAO warns time is running out The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not a temporary shipping disruption but the beginning of a systemic agrifood shock that could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six...
NEWS | 19 May 2026 Jamaica Joins AgriConnect: Putting Smallholder Farmers at the Center of Agricultural Growth When a farmer gets connected to a market, to a reliable buyer, or to financing for efficient operations, the difference shows up in income, stability and whether children stay in school or families have...
NEWS | 18 May 2026 Beyond the model: Evaluating AI agricultural advisory systems so they work in the field Agricultural advisory services are increasingly adopting generative AI (gen AI) systems, including tools based on large language models (LLMs) such as chatbots...
NEWS | 18 May 2026 From farm risk to value chain resilience: Food system benefits of agricultural insurance The global landscape of agricultural risk has been changing dramatically. More frequent and intense climate and economic shocks have become the norm.
NEWS | 18 May 2026 4 ways companies can build more resilient food supply chains amid global shocks Food systems, accounting for roughly 10% of global GDP and providing around 40% of jobs worldwide, have been designed for a stable climate, with predictable costs and consumer...
NEWS | 19 May 2026 India’s cooking fuel crisis needs a multi-fuel clean energy strategy India’s oil marketing companies are facing significant losses, largely on account of cooking fuels.
PAGE | 21 May 2026 War in Iran: food security impacts This page collects information on the effects of the war in Iran on food security in Africa and other food insecure region.
