food security

International experts have launched a natural farming model at a school in Guntur. The 2,000 sq. m. pilot project aims to promote food and nutrition security and encourage students to pursue sustainable agriculture.

Rwanda's Agric State Minister emphasizes the need to center women in achieving food security. Women constitute 79% of Rwanda's agricultural workforce, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources.

The southwest monsoon onset in Kerala influences local weather patterns and significantly affects India's food security, agricultural GDP, and water supply. This climatic event is critical for the nation's agricultural and economic stability.

Women farmers in Liberia are urging the government and development partners to increase investment in agriculture. They argue that stronger support for local food production is critical to reducing the country's dependence on imported food and strengthening national food security.

Global leaders emphasize the ocean's critical role in climate action as scientists warn of a perilous tipping point. Warming oceans are altering marine ecosystems and increasing climate risks, including dying coral reefs, biodiversity loss, severe floods, and threats to food security.

Papua New Guinea is experiencing severe food shortages due to El Niño-induced frost and drought, with Oxfam predicting up to 3 million people will be affected nationwide. Depleted harvests in the Highlands region threaten food security as drought, low water levels, and frost damage agricultural productivity.

El Niño is expected to cause droughts in Africa, threatening cocoa and coffee crops in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, which supply over half the world’s cocoa. The droughts could reduce outputs, drive up global prices, and harm farmers who do not benefit from government-fixed prices. The IMF’s Africa chief announced plans to support nations affected by conflict-induced shocks.

President Bola Tinubu announced Nigeria has secured 449,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser inputs, equivalent to nine million bags, to enhance food security, support local agricultural production, and protect farmers from global supply chain disruptions.

Dubai's largest free zone, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), is expanding with a focus on food security, developing new hubs for cacao, meat, honey, and saffron. Ahmed Bin Sulayem, DMCC's executive chairman and CEO, highlighted opportunities to deepen ties with Africa, India, and Sri Lanka, while also noting Fujairah's potential growth and the UAE's aim to reduce dependency on the Strait of Hormuz.

The BRICS meeting in Indore will focus on food security and farmer welfare under India’s presidency. The event includes a three-day agriculture working group meeting from June 9 and a two-day ministerial meeting from June 12.

Members of Parliament in Rwanda have called on the City of Kigali to accelerate urban agriculture initiatives to enhance food security and boost agricultural production in the capital. The MPs highlighted the potential of urban farming to address these challenges.

The Africa Forward Summit, held in Nairobi from May 11th to 12th, 2026 and co-chaired by France and Kenya, aims to boost investments in critical sectors for Africa and France, with a focus on food security.

India and Indonesia held extensive discussions covering bilateral cooperation in political, defense and security, maritime trade and investments, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and food security. The talks involved Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar and his Indonesian counterpart Sugiono.

US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned that American reliance on China for food and agricultural inputs poses an existential threat, framing food security as a national security issue. She defended the White House’s reduced fiscal 2027 budget request.

Oman is investing $4.2 billion in an agriculture development project in the Batinah region to enhance food security and reduce reliance on imports, aiming to produce 80% of its food by 2040. The government has established cloud seeding stations and allocated over 800 million rials to expand arable land and improve rainfall by 14%.

War and changing weather patterns, including a strong El Niño, threaten to worsen food insecurity by causing droughts, floods, and higher fertilizer prices. The Middle East conflict has increased fertilizer costs during planting season, while the World Food Programme reports struggling to meet urgent needs.

Vietnam and the Philippines are deepening strategic alignment amid their 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, despite overlapping claims in the South China Sea. The focus of Vietnamese President To Lam's visit to Manila includes strengthening cooperation on trade and food security.

Farmers at the Bath and West Show highlight concerns about food security, emphasizing parallels between energy and food security challenges. They caution against taking food security for granted.

Farmers at the Bath and West Show highlight parallels between energy and food security, warning that food security cannot be taken for granted.

The EU has launched a fertiliser plan to address shortages caused by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, which have raised concerns about food security in Europe.

Oil disruptions are causing fertilizer market instability that threatens agricultural productivity in South Asia. This cascading effect puts the region's food security at significant risk, following a historical pattern of similar crises.

The article discusses using synthetic biology to provide food security in a changing climate. It explores engineering resilient food systems in a warming world. Synthetic biology may offer solutions to climate-related food insecurity.

The energy crisis is causing fertilizer shortages, which threaten food security worldwide. Governments must treat fertilizer production as strategic infrastructure to prevent harvest failures. The world is at risk of lurching from energy shocks to harvest failures.

The ongoing conflict in Iran has disrupted global food security in Asia by closing the Strait of Hormuz and imposing Chinese restrictions on fertilizer supplies during the critical planting season.

The article discusses the potential for a global food crisis and questions why preventive measures are not being implemented despite the problem being avoidable.