Food security

World Food Programme ramps up response in Yemen as hunger fears escalate, official says

A displaced woman, Nabiha Salem, eats with her children at a makeshift camp for people displaced by clashes between Iran-aligned Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, in Taiz province, Yemen September 21, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Indonesia needs to grow more rice, corn and sugar. Can its forests survive?

Redistributing surplus food from hawkers among MP suggestions to reduce waste

During the debate, 12 MPs highlighted their proposals to enhance food resilience in Singapore.

Singapore’s food resilience not about guaranteeing every food product remains available: Grace Fu

Customers at three Giant supermarkets can buy locally grown live seafood, including tilapia, sea bass, grouper and vannamei prawns.

The coming food price shock: How war, weather and fuel are colliding

An Indonesian padi farmer in Aneuk Galong, Aceh province, cutting crops damaged by drought on Aug 30. The outlook is grim as the El Nino weather phenomenon is set to intensify in the months ahead and persist into early 2027.

World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says

The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in a basket of internationally traded food commodities, averaged 133.3 points in August.

Wars, droughts, trade rows push world food prices to four-year high

Wars in Ukraine and Iran, along with heatwaves across Europe, are pushing grain prices to three-year highs.

India busts firm faking expiry dates, nutrition labels on PepsiCo, Nestle food exports

A Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration official inspects labels on packets of Maggi noodles and ingredient lists during a raid at a warehouse in Turbhe, India, on Aug 25.

MPs to push for food resilience in Parliament as prices rise due to climate, geopolitical crises

The private member’s motion on food resilience by four PAP MPs will urge the government to enhance food resilience and reduce food waste by working with partners,

Letter From Yamagata

Why the Japanese are ‘drifting away’ from their most sacred grain

Rieko Nakaba, director of the Yamagata Integrated Agricultural Research Center Paddy Rice Research Institute, examines a crop.

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