Fertilisers: going cold turkey in a time of crisis
Farmers across the world began shunning fertiliser in late March as prices skyrocketed, so much so that now stockpiles are ...
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Surging energy prices leave British glasshouses empty
While last year it cost about 25 pence to produce a cucumber in Britain, that has now doubled and is ...
Russian invasion risks hunger in Middle East and North Africa
The Telegraph reports that Russia's threat to invade Ukraine is causing food prices to fluctuate, and risks pushing families across ...
US agriculture secretary criticises avocado price spike
Bloomberg reports that US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said a recent spike in avocado prices was an example of ...
We may be headed for global food cost crises in 2022
The past year saw significant increases in international food prices. Will extreme weather, spiralling prices of natural resources and war ...
Tesco boss: worst food prices still to come
Tesco's Chairman John Allan has told the BBC "the worst is yet to come" on rising food prices. He was ...
Extreme weather: food prices stay high into 2022
The Financial Times reports that extreme weather events in 2021 triggered spikes in the prices of agricultural commodities, which remained ...
Food prices will stay high, hurting poor countries
The Economist says that Covid-19 had a counter-intuitive effect on food prices. In early 2020, when much of the world ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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