Food security

Crop failures threaten Indonesia as dry season drags on

In recent weeks, many farmers across Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and parts of Sumatra Island have suffered water shortages.

WFP warns of deeper cuts in Gaza aid due to donor fatigue

Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, in Gaza City, June 2, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Field Notes from Beijing

What one county’s fake rice figures reveal about China’s food security push

The expose has shone a spotlight on a long-running tension at the core of China’s food security policies.

Two-thirds of Gaza may face acute hunger by year-end despite improvements, global food monitor says

Displaced Palestinian woman Nisreen Abu Saada cook vegetables over a wood fire outside her tent, amid shortages of lighters and cooking gas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 21, 2026. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Food security in Gaza improves but remains fragile: UN

There has been a “significant” increase in food and nutritional aid since the ceasefire agreement was reached in October 2025, said the UN’s World Food Programme.

Indonesia’s Prabowo appoints new chief of troubled free meals agency

Nanik Sudaryati Deyang said she has resigned to seek treatment overseas for a heart complaint.

Global hunger declines across continents but climate, trade risks loom, UN says

Despite progress against hunger, child malnutrition remains stubbornly high.

Sample of iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for US parasite outbreak

Taylor Farms has confirmed that the sampled product is not part of its current recall.

Sudan risks deeper hunger crisis due to war, aid cuts and Hormuz disruption, says WFP

FILE PHOTO: Burnt shops lies down closed in downtown in Khartoum, Sudan June 25, 2026. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo

Japan government urges use of rice flour amid slump in consumption of staple

The Japanese government is encouraging the use of rice flour to make sweets as a way of expanding how the dietary staple is consumed.

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