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Future of production in question after disease and poor weather ravage 2020 crop
Unapproved vaccines may have accelerated spread of new strains in world’s biggest pork market
Penghua’s fund, and other vehicles that will follow, will give investors easy access to fat profits
Levies may not be the smartest route to reducing intake of problem ingredients
Prices surge to near eight-year high as demand from Beijing fuels grain market rally
Tech and ecommerce listings are behind a surge in IPOs on European exchanges
UN body warns trajectory of prices could create a ‘big issue’ for poorer, import-reliant countries
Crops can grow in the desert with sophisticated irrigation schemes, but poor infrastructure is holding back development
European producers monopolise the value of one of the country’s biggest exports
Tsai Ing-wen’s attempt to secure trade deal has been upended by fears over feed additive
Large rise in agricultural commodities creates ‘recipe for unrest’ within fragile economies
Changing weather patterns and trade disruption have put a floor under agricultural commodity prices
For families growing the crop in west Africa, the farmgate price is low and the life uncertain
Tesco offers £10m to stop expansion in Cerrado as companies threaten sanctions
Ivory Coast and Ghana struggle to boost farmer incomes from commodity that underpins $100bn industry
High-tech agribusinesses cut down on chemicals while unscrupulous ranchers cut down trees
Mixed-use schemes enable depleted soils to become productive again
Confectioners including Mars and Hershey accused of trying to circumvent ‘living income’ premium
Prices for most expensive spice crash as closures hit festive and religious activities
Premium charged for beans on physical market pushes buyers to futures market, driving rally
Coronavirus has made clear the need for a more robust and responsive food system
Dry weather disrupts supply of agricultural commodities just as governments fill reserves
Nigeria harnesses scale to boost smallholder productivity; the battle to commercialise South Africa’s Eastern Cape; camel milk’s superfood credentials; how tackling soil depletion can raise yields; Egyptian orange farmers capitalise on export boom; what Nigeria can learn from Brazilian techniques
The former ambassador to Brasília wants to replicate the successful transformation of the cerrado region
Technology can help primary producers to access much-needed resources including finance, inputs and fair prices
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