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New Report Calls for Bold Action to Avert Food Crisis in Africa
06 Sep 2025 08:01 GMT
Africa’s ability to feed its people is under severe strain, with nearly 300 million already undernourished and population growth set to push demand to unprecedented levels. The 2025 Africa Food Systems Report warns that without bold and coordinated reforms …
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Punjab farmers reel from worst floods in decades as food crisis looms
01 Sep 2025 10:12 GMT
Across the fertile plains of Punjab, Pakistan’s farming heartland, families are struggling to rebuild their lives after the worst flooding in decades swept away homes, crops, and livestock, threatening the country’s food security and exports. More than two …
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Empower farmers to tackle food crisis – Showunmi tells Tinubu
28 Aug 2025 15:29 GMT
To address the nation’s food insecurity, Otunba Segun Showunmi, convener of The Alternative, a pan-Nigeria movement, has urged President Bola Tinubu to empower more farmers and move them from subsistence to mechanized farming.
Showunmi asserted that when …
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Ukrainian farmers warn of food crisis amid fertilizer import shortages
26 Aug 2025 10:48 GMT
The All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council (VAR), representing the interests of 1,300 medium and small agricultural enterprises across Ukraine, appealed to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleg …
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Syria on Brink of Historic Food Crisis as Drought Slashes Wheat Output by 40%
19 Aug 2025 18:57 GMT
… is confronting a potentially historic food crisis after the worst drought in … say the country needs to import about 2.55 million tonnes … have not announced any major import deals, instead relying on smaller … estimates Syria will need to import a record 2.15 …
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Food crisis looms if court blocks duty-free imports, CS Kagwe says
14 Aug 2025 17:55 GMT
… CS had recommended that Kenya import 500,000 metric tons of … a temporary suspension of the import plan.
The Kerugoya court is … prices and avert a potential food crisis,” Kagwe emphasised, warning that without …
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NIGERIA’S SPIRALLING FOOD CRISIS
12 Aug 2025 00:04 GMT
Nigeria’s food inflation and malnutrition crisis are symptoms of deep-seated problems that require immediate and coordinated solutions, writes CHETA NWANZE
A clear and alarming picture is emerging of Nigeria’s escalating food inflation and its devastating …
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Tackling Nigeria’s spiralling food crisis – urgently!, By Cheta Nwanze
11 Aug 2025 12:40 GMT
The time for action is now. Nigeria must make addressing this crisis a top priority. This involves significantly increasing funding for nutrition, tackling rural insecurity to allow farmers to return to their land, and stabilising the currency. Furthermore …
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Arab world looks towards India as food crisis looms large
30 Jul 2025 06:08 GMT
… is staring at a looming food crisis.
According to the reports … from India. Oman’s import basket of foodgrains, especially … 25, the Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) led a … world grapples with a deepening food crisis driven by conflict, andclimate …
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Dutch government preparing for food crisis scenarios including looting and starvation
26 Jul 2025 09:33 GMT
… worst-case “severe, long-term” food crisis, according to the Ministry of … AD. “We export more of most essential nutrients than we import.”
“The …