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Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) released a new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief on Friday, with new insights on crop prospects in 2025/26. FAO’s latest forecast foresees global cereal production in 2025 to reach an all-time high of 2 925 million tonnes, up 0.5 percent from last month and 2.3 …

Press release… Global cereal production set to reach an all-time high, although hot and dry weather could impact yields… 04/07/2025 Rome – The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 128.0 points in June 2025, up 0.5 percent from May. Although international prices of cereals and sugar …

CoopsDay highlights how cooperatives drive inclusive and sustainable solutions for a better worldTomorrow (5 July) the global cooperative movement will be celebrating the International Day of Cooperatives (CoopsDay) by highlighting what can be achieved through the power of cooperation. Themed “Driving inclusive and sustainable solutions for a better world”, CoopsDay …

A new study launched by the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA), funded by EIT Food, has found that farmers can produce ‘significantly more food for less’ by transitioning to regenerative practices. The study involved 78 regenerative farms in 14 countries, covering over 7,000 hectares. It benchmarked these farms against …

With youth unemployment surpassing 45 percent, South Africa’s land reform programme is emerging as a powerful tool for creating employment and stimulating local economies. Young beneficiaries across the country are turning restituted land into viable opportunities, driving transformation and skills development in rural communities. Communities such as Barokologadi in the …

At the International Grain Conference 2025 (IGC), Vince Peterson, President of U.S. Wheat Associates, delivered a striking reality check: Africa will be the epicenter of global wheat demand growth and the world is not yet prepared.• In 1990, global wheat consumption was 500 million tonnes. Today, it’s 800 million.• By …

Press release… China, the world’s second largest economy, which imported 2.6 trillion dollars worth of goods in 2024, is expecting more participants from Türkiye to attend the China Import Expo, which it began organising in 2018 with the aim of importing more from around the world and providing a platform …

Climate change is on track to reduce by 11 percent in 2100 the yields that today provide two-thirds of humanity’s calories from crops, even taking into account adaptation to a warming world, scientists have said. As soon as 2050, this “moderate” scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions peak around 2040 and slowly taper …

Improving weather conditions in sugar-producing areas like Brazil, India factor behind price drop, experts say… A pound of sugar tested its four-year low at 0.1626 dollars on Wednesday, down 4 percent compared to the end of last month and 15 percent versus the start of the year. Expectations of an …

Acute Food Insecurity Has Worsened, Agencies Say… New figures show that over 295 million people faced acute food insecurity and malnutrition in 2024 – with economic shocks, conflict, climate extremes, and forced displacement among the drivers. The latest numbers show that acute hunger worsened for six years in a row, according …