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The role of women in agriculture and the household will be discussed in an upcoming conference, reports Presse Gauche in a piece on the agriculture sector and women’s roles. There has been a renewed interest in rural women and the role they play in agriculture. This is due to the renewed focus on agriculture – […]

Panic over food supplies spiked in the early months of the war between Russia and Ukraine, writes Agri-Pulse in a short summary of the latest news. These fears about food access for populations spurred countries like Indonesia and India to curb exports of agricultural commodities. But export restrictions are now on the decline, and prices have […]

Press Bee writes in an article about how Egypt is dealing with the economic crisis that has turned into a food crisis. The country, it writes in an article is too reliant on exports and the government wants to reduce the unemployment rate by relying on domestic production. The government wants to expand the field […]

Despite some improvements in yields and farmer adoption of modern technical practices, significant structural problems continue to plague the sector.  To better understand the problems faced by the shrimp sector, CGIAR, a global research platform, conducted a study to document the issues faced by the sector, including interviews with 25 multi-stakeholder experts. The preliminary results […]

Dutch Multimedia published an article stating that domestic food price inflation remains high globally. Information between September and December 2022 shows high inflation in almost all low- and middle-income countries. The article quotes from an analysis by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). IFPRI surveyed 44 low- and middle-income countries and found the potential […]

Rassad published a long piece on the results of a study conducted by (IFPRI) the International Food Policy Research Institute.  IFPRI conducted a survey of more than 6,000 poor and semi-poor households from all over Egypt by phone in October and November 2022. The researchers wanted to know how households dealt with food insecurity, food […]

In Egypt, butchers say they are shutting up shop as the costs of supplying goods to customers have risen so high that many have stopped buying and eating red meat, reports Mada Masr.com. With the rates suppliers are offering, butchers would have to hike the purchasing price for consumers still further, a move they fear […]

Farm Progress, in a report on food prices, writes, the rate of inflation may ease a bit in the coming months, but that won’t come as much relief for growers and consumers still facing mounting costs, two financial experts acknowledge.  Despite rising commodity, labor, and energy costs, the farm value of retail food prices has […]

The income support to farmers under PM-KISAN scheme may be enhanced to `8,000 from `6,000/year, in the upcoming Budget as it seeks to provide a modicum of consumption booster, despite the budgetary focus on macroeconomic stability, writes the Indian Express in an article. The enhancement in the PM-KISAN amount could be for a year and […]

The Irish Examiner published an op-ed by John Whelan on food prices. He writes that Ireland’s food and drink exporters are thinking about where things will stand in 2023. The rampant increase in exports last year as reported by Bord Bia was mainly driven by the sector pushing up prices. This is unlikely to continue […]