agriculture

Iraq will allow all food imports for three months in order to enhance food security, the state news agency INA reported on Wednesday, citing the prime minister.

Ukraine’s traders union UGA has asked the government to cancel wheat export curbs as stocks are very high and the shipments would not affect Ukrainian food security, the union said on Tuesday.

In a small corner of southeast England, vast glasshouses stand empty, the soaring cost of energy preventing their owner from using heat to grow cucumbers for the British market.

Ukraine’s exit from the global food market means trouble for Belgium’s famed fries industry. Sunflower oil was one of Ukraine's biggest food exports and is a key ingredient found in everything from baked sweets and savory snacks, to sauces, spreads and even baby food.

China’s soybean imports from Brazil in the first two months of 2022 rose significantly from the corresponding period last year, customs data showed on Sunday.

The World Bank on Wednesday said a number of developing countries face near-term wheat supply shortages due to their high dependence on Ukrainian wheat exports that have been disrupted by Russia's invasion.

Ukraine plans to start sowing spring grains in the coming days and has enough grain in stocks to ensure the population has enough bread, deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy said on Saturday.

Female farmers of color are reviving ancestral methods of growing food and reclaiming their communities’ relationship to land.

Chinese agriculture minister Tang Renjian has said that the condition of the country's winter wheat crop could be the "worst in history," raising concerns about global grain supplies.

China’s President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that the country must ensure grain security and reliance on the domestic market to maintain production, state broadcaster CCTV reported.