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FAO: Global food stocks will remain safe if the Iran war lasts this long The fertilizer crisis paves the way for Russian dominance Proposed Fertilizer Transparency Act in U.S. to combat higher prices due to Iran war India Increases reliance on nano fertilisers with a new step Why US farmers will abandon corn farming after the Iran war?

Agriculture

Agriculture

The fertilizer crisis paves the way for Russian dominance
And its worst effects are yet to come (Carnegie)

March 26, 2026
Agriculture

Proposed Fertilizer Transparency Act in U.S. to combat higher prices due to Iran war
Only four firms control 75% of the American nitrogen fertilizer market

March 25, 2026
Agriculture

India Increases reliance on nano fertilisers with a new step
Amid a worsening import crisis as the Iran trade war continues

March 21, 2026
Agriculture

Why US farmers will abandon corn farming after the Iran war?

March 20, 2026
Agriculture

Iran war will not delay WUF13 in Azerbaijan (Exclusive)
Baku's Ambassador to Cairo: Achieving a balance between urban expansion and food security one of its goals

March 19, 2026

Climate

COP30 saw the largest Indigenous participation in COP history<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Killing of a Guarani indigenous leader in Brazil during the summit highlights victims of environmental defense</span>
Climate Climate Change
COP30 saw the largest Indigenous participation in COP history
Killing of a Guarani indigenous leader in Brazil during the summit highlights victims of environmental defense
At COP30, African frustration over inadequate funding for TFFF<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>DR Congo could net a maximum of $460m a year if it halted deforestation entirely</span>
Climate Climate Change
At COP30, African frustration over inadequate funding for TFFF
DR Congo could net a maximum of $460m a year if it halted deforestation entirely
Restoring Brazil’s forests with a spiritual guardian team
Agriculture Climate
Restoring Brazil’s forests with a spiritual guardian team
At COP30, TFFF fails to secure $4 per hectare of forest, allegations of supporting neo-colonialism
Climate Climate Change
At COP30, TFFF fails to secure $4 per hectare of forest, allegations of supporting neo-colonialism
Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Australia concedes at the last minute</span>
Climate Climate Change
Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference
Australia concedes at the last minute
COP30, German Chancellor angers Brazilian President over Belém’s remarks<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Pushing for early climate deal</span>
Climate Climate Change
COP30, German Chancellor angers Brazilian President over Belém’s remarks
Pushing for early climate deal
At COP30, while Oman’s grant request is denied, Saudi calls the decision discriminatory<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Korea joins coal phase-out coalition</span>
Climate Climate Change
At COP30, while Oman’s grant request is denied, Saudi calls the decision discriminatory
Korea joins coal phase-out coalition
At COP30, Indigenous activists in Brazil clash with security
Climate Change Climate
At COP30, Indigenous activists in Brazil clash with security
The U.S. absences from the COP30 can make the conference go better, Jeffrey Sachs told “Food & Climate”
Climate Change Climate
The U.S. absences from the COP30 can make the conference go better, Jeffrey Sachs told “Food & Climate”
The COP30 kicks off today, Brazil’s president sends an indirect message to Trump
Climate Climate Change
The COP30 kicks off today, Brazil’s president sends an indirect message to Trump

Drought

Drought exacerbates hunger crisis in Somalia<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Deyr season cereal harvest is 83% lower than the long-term average from 1995 to 2025</span>
Drought
Drought exacerbates hunger crisis in Somalia
Deyr season cereal harvest is 83% lower than the long-term average from 1995 to 2025
2026 declared as a year of rangelands and pastoralists<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>To highlight their role in sustainable food production</span>
Drought Climate Change
2026 declared as a year of rangelands and pastoralists
To highlight their role in sustainable food production
Plant genebanks accelerate development of drought resistant crops<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>A new study: ">
Agriculture Climate Change Drought
Plant genebanks accelerate development of drought resistant crops
A new study: "Living libraries" store seeds and other genetic material
FAO: Water in Iraq threatens to lose half of wheat and barley crops<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Without sustainable management</span>
Agriculture Climate Change Drought Economic losses
FAO: Water in Iraq threatens to lose half of wheat and barley crops
Without sustainable management
FAO: Water in Iraq threatens to lose half of wheat and barley crops<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Without sustainable management</span>
Agriculture Climate Change Drought
FAO: Water in Iraq threatens to lose half of wheat and barley crops
Without sustainable management
Global yields would rise further if there is no rapid temperature increase, study says<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Over 50 years</span>
Agriculture Climate Change Drought Heat
Global yields would rise further if there is no rapid temperature increase, study says
Over 50 years
UK fruits and vegetables arriving weeks earlier than usual due to warm May
Agriculture Climate Change Drought
UK fruits and vegetables arriving weeks earlier than usual due to warm May
Banana-growing lands are threatened by climate crisis <br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Scientists: The plants need new growing regions as old ones heat up</span>
Agriculture Climate Change Drought Heat storms
Banana-growing lands are threatened by climate crisis 
Scientists: The plants need new growing regions as old ones heat up
Arthur D. Little: Combating land desertification is possible with 5 technologies<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Including: Artificial Intelligence-based irrigation technology</span>
Agriculture Climate Change Drought
Arthur D. Little: Combating land desertification is possible with 5 technologies
Including: Artificial Intelligence-based irrigation technology
Drought controls coffee prices, and Trump’s tariffs push Kraft Heinz to negotiate with suppliers
Food Prices Drought
Drought controls coffee prices, and Trump’s tariffs push Kraft Heinz to negotiate with suppliers

Economic losses

Will food supplies be affected by the war in Iran?<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>The UAE confirms stability, while India loses basmati rice exports, and urea prices in Egypt increase by $60 per ton</span>
Economic losses
Will food supplies be affected by the war in Iran?
The UAE confirms stability, while India loses basmati rice exports, and urea prices in Egypt increase by $60 per ton
FAO strengthens food security across Haiti and the Dominican
Economic losses Agriculture
FAO strengthens food security across Haiti and the Dominican
Angelina Jolie between Gaza and Los Angeles, food aid amid war and wildfires
Economic losses Agriculture Climate Change
Angelina Jolie between Gaza and Los Angeles, food aid amid war and wildfires
Combating food waste in Africa<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>A platform connecting farmers to markets and an organization delivering food to those in Need</span>
Recycling Food Waste Economic losses
Combating food waste in Africa
A platform connecting farmers to markets and an organization delivering food to those in Need
As COP30 approaches, the forests of Amazon face growing pressure from extractive industries
Climate Change Economic losses Food Legislation
As COP30 approaches, the forests of Amazon face growing pressure from extractive industries
The pivotal pollinators are threatened by Trump’s wall at the U.S.-Mexico border
Agriculture Economic losses
The pivotal pollinators are threatened by Trump’s wall at the U.S.-Mexico border
Most US food imports will be affected by Trump Tariffs, could rise prices 3.4%<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Fresh produce seeing a particularly sharp jump initially</span>
Economic losses
Most US food imports will be affected by Trump Tariffs, could rise prices 3.4%
Fresh produce seeing a particularly sharp jump initially
Gaza’s famine, UN agencies warn that it exceeds the thresholds<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Over 320,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition</span>
Economic losses
Gaza’s famine, UN agencies warn that it exceeds the thresholds
Over 320,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition
More hunger and malnutrition chasing Sudanese refugees, WFP warns<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>They are concentrated in 7 African countries</span>
Economic losses
More hunger and malnutrition chasing Sudanese refugees, WFP warns
They are concentrated in 7 African countries
Israel kills the hungry in Gaza, and US exacerbates the hunger crisis in Sudan
Economic losses
Israel kills the hungry in Gaza, and US exacerbates the hunger crisis in Sudan

Meat Production

Floods

Floods Agriculture

Egyptian “Mahaseel Technologies” launches digital traceability pilot using blockchain
To Food Bank, marks a significant step in revolutionizing food security

December 8, 2024
Agriculture Climate Change Climate disasters Drought Economic losses Floods Water

Napa cabbage and apples prices jump in South Korea by long summer
The number of tropical nights and heat waves was the highest ever recorded

November 27, 2024
Agriculture Climate Climate Change Climate disasters Drought Floods Heat Water

At COP29, regenerative agriculture gets major companies attention
Nestlé supports coffee farmers transition to it in Indonesia and Mexico

November 11, 2024
Agriculture Climate Change Drought Floods Heat

Butterflies in Greece are threatened with heat waves, how will human food be affected?
A climate project measures the body weight of more than 50,000 butterfly specimens over a century

November 3, 2024
Agriculture Climate Change Climate disasters Floods

Floods threaten Spain’s citrus
The country is a 25% share of the world export

November 2, 2024

Food Industries

Domiatec Agri-Group: We select the highest yield and pest-resistant seeds (Exclusive)<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Head of research: climate change led to the production of new varieties, but gene editing Is not necessary yet</span>
Food Industries
Domiatec Agri-Group: We select the highest yield and pest-resistant seeds (Exclusive)
Head of research: climate change led to the production of new varieties, but gene editing Is not necessary yet
At the Cairo International Date Festival, Egypt seeks to export by cultivating Saudi varieties<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Minister of agriculture calls for developing varieties resistant to diseases and climate change</span>
Food Industries Agriculture
At the Cairo International Date Festival, Egypt seeks to export by cultivating Saudi varieties
Minister of agriculture calls for developing varieties resistant to diseases and climate change
Rice noodles in Myanmar face political instability and climate challenges
Agriculture Food Industries
Rice noodles in Myanmar face political instability and climate challenges
European supermarkets emissions rising<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Half of the supply chain gases are attributable to animal products</span>
Food Industries Agriculture
European supermarkets emissions rising
Half of the supply chain gases are attributable to animal products
“The adulterated food in Egypt”, two content creators are released<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>They spark controversy after being arrested for videos questioning the safety of bottled water</span>
Food Industries
“The adulterated food in Egypt”, two content creators are released
They spark controversy after being arrested for videos questioning the safety of bottled water
Aluminum-free beverage containers in Egypt soon by SIG<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Aladeeb to ">
Food Industries Recycling Food Waste
Aluminum-free beverage containers in Egypt soon by SIG
Aladeeb to "Food & Climate": It reduces carbon emissions by 25%
EU carbon tax confuses the Egyptian fertilizer industry
Agriculture Food Industries
EU carbon tax confuses the Egyptian fertilizer industry
Polyserve Fertilizers developing factories to comply with environmental standards (Exclusive)<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Abdel Salam ElGabaly: This is our vision for the European carbon tax</span>
Food Industries Agriculture
Polyserve Fertilizers developing factories to comply with environmental standards (Exclusive)
Abdel Salam ElGabaly: This is our vision for the European carbon tax
To reduce single-use plastics, Australia bans soy containers produced since the 1950s
Recycling Food Waste Food Industries Food Legislation
To reduce single-use plastics, Australia bans soy containers produced since the 1950s
At the world’s biggest bug farm, 10 billion maggots recycle food waste
Food Industries
At the world’s biggest bug farm, 10 billion maggots recycle food waste

Food Prices

FAO: Global food stocks will remain safe if the Iran war lasts this long<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Chief Economist: Potential impact on Gulf remittance recipients</span>
Food Prices
FAO: Global food stocks will remain safe if the Iran war lasts this long
Chief Economist: Potential impact on Gulf remittance recipients
Iran war prevents Thai rice from entering the Middle East<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>80,000 tons of cargo bound for Iraq are held at the port of Bangkok</span>
Agriculture Food Prices
Iran war prevents Thai rice from entering the Middle East
80,000 tons of cargo bound for Iraq are held at the port of Bangkok
War in Iran forces meat shipments to reroute from Arabian Gulf to China<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Exporters seek alternatives to reach Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE</span>
Food Prices
War in Iran forces meat shipments to reroute from Arabian Gulf to China
Exporters seek alternatives to reach Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE
Egypt exacerbates food prices with a significant fuel hike<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Food and beverage inflation rises 2.8% in February</span>
Food Prices
Egypt exacerbates food prices with a significant fuel hike
Food and beverage inflation rises 2.8% in February
February food price index rose amid expectations of further increases as the war in Iran continues
Food Prices
February food price index rose amid expectations of further increases as the war in Iran continues
Food inflation in Iran rises to 110% in February, coinciding with the war<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Climbs to levels not seen since World War II</span>
Food Prices
Food inflation in Iran rises to 110% in February, coinciding with the war
Climbs to levels not seen since World War II
Food price index falls in January, biofuels boost soybean oil
Food Prices
Food price index falls in January, biofuels boost soybean oil
Food inflation in UK exacerbates by climate
Food Prices
Food inflation in UK exacerbates by climate
2025 Food Price Index rises, but declines in December due to Australian drought<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>FAO Dairy Food Price Index rose by 13.2% last year</span>
Food Prices
2025 Food Price Index rises, but declines in December due to Australian drought
FAO Dairy Food Price Index rose by 13.2% last year
Food Price Index Continues to Decline in November 2025<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Crude oil price drop eases pressure on vegetable oils</span>
Food Prices
Food Price Index Continues to Decline in November 2025
Crude oil price drop eases pressure on vegetable oils

OLD

India‘ soil moisture exceeding historical average(Study)<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Brings double whammy of droughts and floods</span>
Agriculture OLD
India‘ soil moisture exceeding historical average(Study)
Brings double whammy of droughts and floods
German Court: Katjes’ ‘climate neutral’ fruit gum ad is misleading<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>not climate neutral but the firm did finance climate friendly projects</span>
Climate OLD
German Court: Katjes’ ‘climate neutral’ fruit gum ad is misleading
not climate neutral but the firm did finance climate friendly projects
New era in Italian agriculture.. A tropical paradise
Agriculture OLD
New era in Italian agriculture.. A tropical paradise
Concerns over monsoons in India raise (FAO)Sugar Price Index raises in June
Price Increase OLD
Concerns over monsoons in India raise (FAO)Sugar Price Index raises in June
Oil spill on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast…Does it threaten fish? (Photos and video)<br><span style=' color: grey; text-align: right;'>Abdulhakim Elwaer to “Food & Climate”: Egypt is the largest producer of aquatic organisms in the Middle East</span>
OLD Ocean
Oil spill on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast…Does it threaten fish? (Photos and video)
Abdulhakim Elwaer to “Food & Climate”: Egypt is the largest producer of aquatic organisms in the Middle East
American company reduces the food waste by artificial intelligence
Recycling Food Waste OLD
American company reduces the food waste by artificial intelligence
Switching from beef to pork and poultry could dramatically cut your carbon footprint
OLD Livestock
Switching from beef to pork and poultry could dramatically cut your carbon footprint
How climate change affected Saffron in Canada and India?
Agriculture OLD
How climate change affected Saffron in Canada and India?
FAO warns of maize shortfall across Southern AfricaEl Niño have decimated harvest prospects and point to rising prices
Agriculture OLD
FAO warns of maize shortfall across Southern AfricaEl Niño have decimated harvest prospects and point to rising prices

Livestock