Food security

Hackers hit French supermarkets in attack disabling fridges, forcing stores to discard food

Around 150 Intermarche supermarket stores were hit by cyberattacks on the night of Oct 11.

Next steps unclear after Indonesia’s pledge to stop clearing forests for rice fields

Forest clearance to grow rice in Kalumpang, Central Kalimantan, as part of a government-sponsored rice support programme. The project failed because the land was on deep peat.

Three in four families go hungry in parts of Yemen from new fighting

Bakers make loaves of bread at a bakery shop as the World Food Programme says three-in-four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry due to the impact of a surge in fighting, in Sanaa, Yemen, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

World food prices near four-year high in September, UN says

The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices for a basket of food commodities, averaged 136.0 points in September.

Thousands of displaced in south-west Somalia could be in famine by year end, IPC says

FILE PHOTO: Internally displaced Somali women arrange their plastic jerrycans as they queue to collect water from a tap at the Elbet 1 camp as humanitarian funding continues to decline despite rapidly increasing needs according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in Baidoa, Somalia August 10, 2026. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

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.

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