Food security

World food prices slip in May, still near 3-year high, FAO says

An employee uses a skid-steer loader to push stored corn imported from Brazil to load a tractor trailer at a warehouse in the terminal port of Portimex in Tuxpan, in Veracruz state, Mexico February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero

US races to contain flesh-eating parasite screwworm, reports no further cases

Once the eggs of a screwworm hatch, hundreds of larvae will burrow through living flesh with their sharp mouths, eventually killing the host if left untreated.

Singapore’s first trout farm starts operating, targets 3,000 tonnes a year

The facility will initially produce 1,200 tonnes of rainbow trout a year, said Blue Aqua International, the company behind the new farm.

UN warns of ‘unprecedented’ gaps in global food aid amid funding cuts

A Somali child is screened for malnutrition at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Asia rice prices surge 20% in May as war, weather threaten output

Farmers across import-reliant Asia are bracing for the high input costs to start weighing on rice production

Iran war poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan

A tractor is used to plow the land at an agricultural project in South Omdurman, Sudan May, 21, 2026. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

UN agency warns Hormuz block could trigger global food crisis

The FAO said its global food price index had risen for three consecutive months since the start of the conflict.

Feeding families: New report finds that food charities in S’pore face storage, manpower struggles

Transportation, storage, manpower and funding are among the issues that most affect their operations, a new study of local food support has found.

India bans sugar exports for four months to protect supply

India’s gross sugar production is forecast at 32 million tonnes in the season ending Sept 30, down from an earlier projection of 32.4 million tonnes.

Almost 20 million people in Sudan still face acute hunger, monitors say

Sudanese women from community kitchens run by local volunteers distribute meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger and are out of reach of international aid efforts, in Omdurman, Sudan, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed

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