-International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) How the failure to reform food systems has allowed the war in Ukraine to spark a third global food price crisis in 15 years, and what can be done to prevent the next one. With the invasion of Ukraine sparking a third food price crisis in 15 years, a new IPES-Food special report, ‘Another Perfect Storm?’ takes stock of the critical factors fanning...
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Indian farmers benefit from a sharp increase in exports; government cuts procurement for welfare programmes - PK Krishnakumar
-Moneycontrol.com Global buyers have turned to India, the second-largest producer of wheat, after the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia and Ukraine together accounted for 30% of the global wheat supply. Indian wheat farmers are earning more this year, thanks to a sharp increase in exports after the February 24 start of the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, which has disrupted global supply chains. Prices have exceeded the government-fixed minimum support price (MSP)...
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-PTI/ The Hindu World Food Programme report talks of a three-dimensional crisis — food, energy and finance The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said that it is in discussions with India on procurement of wheat as several countries face food security challenges amid the Ukraine war. “We are in discussions with India on procurement of wheat. So, that is something which is ongoing,” the WFP’s Chief Economist Arif Husain said at...
More »Britannia warns of further price hikes -Suneera Tandon
-Livemint.com The company estimates that it will have to increase prices by another 10% this year if spot prices of key commodities persist in the current fiscal NEW DELHI: Biscuit maker Britannia Industries Ltd, said it will have to take “tough calls" and initiate price corrections as inflationary headwinds continue to persist. In the last fiscal, the maker of Good Day biscuits and packaged cheese hiked prices by 10%. Major factors for the inflation...
More »Should India Stop Wheat Exports To Feed Its Poor? -Kamalika Ghosh
-Outlook India Better prices luring Indian farmers to sell their produce to private traders for sale in the global markets. Should India need to worry? One man’s loss is another man’s gain. And here, in a rare circumstance, the Indian farmers seem to be on the gaining side. First, the Centre had to bow in front of the community and revoke its three farm laws, and now, because of the Russia-Ukraine war,...
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