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Top StoriesFewer Chickpeas Means Cheap Protein and Hummus Could Be Harder to Find
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Top StoriesUK’s Truss: Ukraine Grain Crisis Must Be Solved in the Next Month
Top StoriesRussia Says West Is Spreading Lies About Causes of World’s Food Crisis
A Full Plate: Investing in Food Security
Date: June 14, 2022
By Frédérique Carrier, Head of Investment Strategy in the British Isles and Asia at RBC Wealth Management Global food security, already severely challenged by climate change, has become even more precarious following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Technological solutions will likely play an ever more important role in filling mouths despite increasingly difficult conditions. We discuss why...
Back to the Land: Lebanese Family Turns to Farming to Survive Crises
Date: June 13, 2022
By Maya Gebeily and Aziz Taher HOULA, Lebanon (Reuters) – In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon’s own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency. Like many families in crisis-plagued Lebanon, Shreim...
Security Trumps Obesity in Britain’s First Food Strategy
Date: June 13, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out its first national food strategy on Monday, focused on increasing domestic output of some produce to boost food security while rejecting a recommendation to tackle obesity with new taxes on salt and sugar in processed food. The government said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had hit food supplies and caused prices...
France’s Cristal Union Lures Farmers to Secure Sugar Beet Supplies
Date: June 13, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -French sugar and ethanol maker Cristal Union promised farmers high prices for their 2023 sugar beet harvest in a bid to secure supplies at a time when the crop is less attractive, confident it can pass rising costs and higher prices to clients. The cooperative group, France’s second-largest sugar producer, posted a net...
Kremlin Says Sanctions Must Be Lifted for Russian Grain to Reach Markets
Date: June 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Western sanctions against Moscow must be lifted before Russian grain could be delivered to international markets. “President (Vladimir) Putin said that in order for Russian grain volumes to be delivered to international markets, direct and indirect sanctions against Russia must be lifted,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Explainer-U.N. Plan to Get Ukraine Grains Out Faces Hurdles
Date: June 8, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Silvia Aloisi KYIV (Reuters) -Turkey said on Wednesday a United Nations plan to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports overseen by Ankara was “reasonable”, but required more talks with Moscow and Kyiv to ensure ships would be safe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February halted Kyiv’s Black Sea...