Insights and Stories on Food Security

Feds disburse funds on community food security projects

Jan. 19, 2024 at 11:54 am CST

Wednesday, federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay announced up to $9.98 million in funding for community food projects through the fifth phase of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund, an outworking of the Food Policy for Canada.

People gather around a line of flatbed trucks carrying humanitarian aid.

Global hunger stalled well above pre-pandemic levels

Dec. 27, 2023 at 9:42 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

Dec. 21, 2023 at 11:42 am CST

By Reuters

Anxiety over cost of food on the rise: CCFI

Oct. 17, 2023 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Turkey’s Erdogan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon

Sep. 4, 2023 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

How El Niño threatens emerging market economies

Aug. 4, 2023 at 10:32 am CDT

London | Reuters – Countries around the world are battling heatwaves and floods fueled by El Niño, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that has a 90 per cent probability of persisting in the second half of 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The worldwide impact can be enormous, but […]

By Jorgelina do Rosario Libby George

UN waits for Russian answer as Black Sea deal deadline looms

Jul. 14, 2023 at 6:27 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is still waiting for a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin on a proposal to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain beyond Monday, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday. Guterres wrote to Putin on Tuesday […]

By Michelle Nichols

Black Sea grain deal extended for two months

May. 17, 2023 at 11:44 am CDT

Ankara/United Nations | Reuters — The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, one day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension in a televised speech and it was confirmed […]

By Huseyin Hayatsever Michelle Nichols

U.N. efforts to save Black Sea grain deal to continue in coming days

May. 15, 2023 at 8:15 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — The U.N. aid chief said on Monday efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit effective Thursday over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. The final […]

By Michelle Nichols

Development partners commit US$30 billion to food production in Africa

Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:11 pm CST

Dakar | Reuters — Development partners have committed US$30 billion to boost food production in Africa over the next five years, the president of the African Development Bank said on Friday at the close of a summit on food security on the continent. The continent is facing its worst food […]

By Bate Felix

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