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  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Moral Money
    Bill Winters: Governments have failed on carbon markets Premium content

    Plus, millions knock on famine’s door and US cracks down on greenwashing

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Interview
    ‘Millions’ at risk of death as Ukraine war hits food supplies, Egypt warns

    Finance minister Mohamed Maait echoes UN warning that crisis could last for years

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    World’s poorest nations to receive aid amid soaring food prices

    Yellen tells G7 meeting there is a ‘very real risk’ that more people will go hungry

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Megan Greene
    Food insecurity is a bigger problem than energy

    Targeted cash and expertise are needed in the worst-hit areas, rather than sending food stocks

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Wheat prices rise almost 6% as India export ban shakes markets

    Chicago futures hit limit after New Delhi curbed shipments to combat surging food prices

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    G7 warns of global hunger crisis unless Russia lifts Ukraine blockade

    German foreign minister says alternative export routes are urgently needed as wheat price soars

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Russia accused of industrial-scale farm plunder in Ukraine

    Grain seizures and destruction of tools and buildings evoke painful memories of historic famine

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Global trade
    Food protectionism fuels global inflation and hunger

    Traders grapple with Indonesian palm oil export ban while concerns mount over India’s heatwave and wheat crop

  • Saturday, 7 May, 2022
    John Dizard
    EU needs to make food security a priority for gas supplies

    Farmers, fertiliser manufacturers and fisheries must be supplied with gas and diesel to avoid production shortages

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Africa
    Horn of Africa ravaged by worst drought in four decades

    Up to 20mn people could go hungry as delayed rains exacerbate fallout from war in Ukraine

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Food Prices
    Indonesia palm oil export ban fuels global food inflation threat

    Crop protectionism increases around the world as prices soar

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Global trade
    WTO cuts growth forecast to 3% as Ukraine war disrupts global trade

    Revised prediction comes with warning that food security could be severely hit by reduced grain and fertiliser exports

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Disrupted Times
    Global food production under strain

    Farmers face pressure from Covid, global trade takes a downturn, EU names new sanctions targets

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s zero-Covid policy risks causing agricultural crisis and food shortages

    Farmers lack fertiliser and labour ahead of crucial spring season due to strict lockdowns

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    LexChina
    China food: lockdown-induced shortages boost prospects of GMOs Premium content

    Global genetically-modified crops market expected to grow to $45bn in five years

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Peter Greig
    War in Ukraine makes farming innovation imperative

    We face a major food crisis unless we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels in agricultural supply chains

  • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
    EU agriculture
    Ukraine war piles pressure on Europe’s farmers

    Agriculture sector hit by soaring fertiliser, feed and fuel costs and problems accessing financing

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Gideon Rachman
    Ukraine war risks destabilising the west

    A long conflict causing economic damage could fracture the unity of the democracies

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Ireland
    Ireland unveils €12mn crop-growing scheme as Ukraine war hits supply

    Government to pay €400 per hectare to encourage farmers to plant additional barley, wheat and oats

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Putin’s war threatens millions with hunger

    The poorest must be protected against the impact of rising food costs

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Ukraine war sparks food shortages in Arab nations as wheat prices soar

    Grains and vegetable oil from Ukraine and Russia are crucial to national diets across the region

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    EU agriculture
    EU reviews sustainable food plans as Ukraine war disrupts imports

    Grain and fertiliser imports decline after Russia’s invasion, raising concerns in Brussels over food security

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Russian economy
    Bayer threatens to halt crop supplies to Russia over Ukraine invasion

    Essential products delivered this season but next year in doubt

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    News in-depth
    US farmers’ hands are tied as world braced for wheat shortfall

    High fuel and fertiliser costs deter planting despite price soaring to record high

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Russia’s invasion to have ‘enormous impact’ on world food supplies

    Head of Ukraine’s leading food supplier fears disruption to vital spring planting season

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