Food Security

WEF 2022: EU CEOs step up action plan on energy and food security

CEO Action Group renewed its commitment to a 55 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030

Rising global food protectionism amid Ukraine war risks worsening inflation

Countries are restricting exports to cope with high prices that have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine

Amid looming food crisis, WFP chief presses billionaires to 'step up'

The head of the UN's World Food Program is telling billionaires it's time to step up as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia's war in Ukraine

FAO chief Qu Dongyu bats for urgent transformation of agrifood systems

According to the Global Report on Food Crisis released earlier this month, 193 million people were acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries and territories in 2021

India assures food aid despite export controls to countries 'most in need'

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan gave the assurance that despite restrictions on exports, India will provide food to nations that "are most in need" because of the Ukraine war

IMF chief urges fast, well-coordinated action to tackle food crisis

IMF chief said the Russia-Ukraine war has led to food shortages and sharply higher prices, urging the international community to take fast, well-coordinated actions to tackle food crisis.

UN chief 'hopeful' of Ukraine grain deal to help food security crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a ministerial meeting on the escalating food security crisis, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, that there is still a long way to go

World Bank announces up to $30 bn to address food security crisis

The World Bank has announced actions it plans to take as part of a comprehensive, global response to the ongoing food security crisis, with up to $30 billion financing in existing and new projects.

Live: Sri Lanka PM quits, MP dies in standoff, Rajapaksa property attacked

LIVE news updates: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation came hours after clashes broke out in Colombo

Russia-Ukraine war placing global food security under severe strain: G7

Group of Seven (G7) urged Russia to end its blockade and all other activities that further impede Ukrainian food production and exports in line with its international commitments

Blinken to hold meeting on food security threatened by Ukraine war

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be holding a ministerial-level meeting in the United Nations on action for global food security in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine says Russia stole 'several hundred thousand tonnes' of grain

Ukraine's foreign ministry accused Russia on Thursday of stealing grain in territory it has occupied, an act it said increased the threat to global food security

IMF urges India to prioritise food security, expand transfers to vulnerable

The International Monetary Fund has urged India to prioritise food security and expand transfers to the vulnerable in the wake of the global economic crisis

Global finance meeting focuses on Ukraine war-driven food insecurity

Global finance leaders are putting the growing crisis over food insecurity and skyrocketing food prices at center stage as IMF and World Bank members meet in Washington

Russia-Ukraine war threatens food supplies in fragile Arab world

Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon's devastating two-year economic collapse. Now, amid the Russia-Ukraine war, she finds herself struggling to put food on the table for her family of four.

EU to suspend green farming rules to enhance global food security

The European Commission is temporarily allowing European Union (EU) farmers to grow crops on fallow land currently designated as "ecological focus areas" to enhance global food security

Conflict in Ukraine adds to global food security threat: WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is further threatening global food security, with food prices already at an all-time high.

China banks on Russia for its food security amid Ukraine conflict

China's lifting of restrictions related to wheat imports from Moscow just ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine could help boost its food security

Food insecurity threatens 'an entire generation' in Afghanistan

People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of "unparalleled proportions", the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Tuesday.

China willing to help Russia in facing sanctions over invasion of Ukraine

China seeks to help out Russia in facing western sanctions due to Ukraine invasion but only to that extent where it itself doesn't face sanctions and its internal food security is not compromised