Nine cargo ships have left Ukraine
The Economist reports that a cargo vessel fully loaded with Ukrainian grain set sail from Odessa on August 1st. The ...
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Ukraine grain tycoon killed in Russian shelling
The BBC reports that according to local officials, Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, and his wife Raisa have died after a missile ...
Ukraine war: Grain exports could restart ‘within days’
BBC News reports on the groundbreaking deal - signed by Russia and Ukraine - to aim to reduce the backlog of ...
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 ...
US quietly urges Russia fertiliser deals
Bloomberg reports that the US government is quietly encouraging agricultural and shipping companies to buy and carry more Russian fertiliser. ...
The Economist: The coming food catastrophe
The Economist reports that Russia's war on Ukraine is set to cause hundreds of millions more people to fall into poverty. ...
Export controls could worsen food crisis: WTO
Governments are risking a repeat of mistakes in previous food crises by imposing export controls amid spiralling commodity and energy ...
Cargill allowed to continue in Ukraine: Biden official
Food and agribusiness conglomerates aren’t violating any sanctions by continuing to import and export products from Russia, according to White ...
Food security affected as Ukraine agriculture season begins
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to food and fuel price hikes costing the UN World Food Programme (WFP) an ...
WFP: Food supply chains ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine
According to Reuters, a World Food Programme (WFP) official has said food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure ...
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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