Insights and Stories on Food Security

WTO strikes global trade deals deep into overtime

Jun. 17, 2022 at 7:59 am CDT

Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization’s 164 members approved a series of trade agreements early on Friday that included commitments on fish and pledges on health and food security after more than five gruelling days of negotiations. The deals were ground out over five days of bargaining at […]

Food crisis will drive record displacement levels higher, UN refugee chief says

Jun. 16, 2022 at 8:18 pm CDT

By emma-farge

Nutrien to further boost potash output amid global shortage

Jun. 9, 2022 at 9:57 pm CDT

By Rithika Krishna Rod Nickel

Kremlin says Putin ready to facilitate grain exports via Ukraine ports

May. 30, 2022 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Guy Faulconbridge

Fertilizer maker Yara says world faces extreme food supply shock

May. 26, 2022 at 9:19 pm CDT

By Dmitry Zhdannikov

Food crisis fuels fears of protectionism compounding shortages

May. 24, 2022 at 6:01 pm CDT

Davos | Reuters — A growing world food crisis is precipitating protectionist moves by countries which are likely to compound the problem and could lead to a wider trade war, business leaders and policymakers at the World Economic Forum said. In a sign of the escalating squeeze on food supplies […]

By Dan Burns Jessica DiNapoli

U.N. chief in talks on restoring Ukraine grain exports

May. 18, 2022 at 6:28 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union in an effort to restore Ukrainian grain export as a global food crisis worsens. “I am hopeful, but there is still […]

By Michelle Nichols

Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports, prevent global food crisis

May. 9, 2022 at 7:25 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s president called on the international community on Monday to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade of his country’s ports to allow wheat exports and prevent a global food crisis. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made his comments in an online post after speaking to European […]

By Pavel Polityuk

Worsening global food security needs Ukraine, Russia production, UN chief says

May. 4, 2022 at 8:07 pm CDT

Abuja | Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday the problem of global food security could not be solved without restoring Ukrainian agricultural production and Russian food and fertilizer output to the world market. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February has added to volatility in financial markets, sending commodity […]

By Felix Onuah

U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather

Mar. 23, 2022 at 8:43 pm CDT

London | Reuters –– With climate change fueling dangerous weather worldwide, the United Nations is pledging that early-warning weather monitoring will cover everyone on the planet in five years. “Half of humanity is already in the danger zone,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier this week. And yet, “one-third of […]

By Gloria Dickie

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