food supply

42% Of Consumers Will Replace Meat For Plant-Based Food, Study Finds

Some 42% of consumers worldwide plan to substitute meat for plant-based food in the coming ten years, a new study has found.

Strong Asian Rice Demand For Animal Feed Sparks Food Supply Worries

A surge in wheat and corn prices is boosting demand for low-grade rice in animal rations across Asia, pushing up prices of the world's most important stapl...

India's Curb On Futures Trade Threatens Food Supply Chain

India's year-long suspension of futures trading in key farm commodities is crimping the use of risk management tools such as hedging across its food supply...

Investors Seed Indoor Farms As Pandemic Disrupts Food Supplies

Investors used to brush off Amin Jadavji's pitch to buy Elevate Farms’ vertical growing technology and produce stacks of leafy greens indoo...

Bans On GMO Corn, Glyphosate In Mexico Would Shrink Food Supplies, Industry Says

The Mexican government's push to wean itself off a massive dependence on genetically modified corn imports would upend the country's food supply,...

Beirut Blast Hammers Grain Import Capacity But Supplies Still Flow, WFP Says

Beirut port's capacity to handle wheat and other bulk cereal imports has collapsed to about a fifth or less of its level before a massive blast smashe...

How Africa Risks Reeling From A Health Crisis To A Food Crisis

In Nigeria's Benue state, the food basket of the country, Mercy Yialase sits in front of her idle rice mill. Demand is high across the nation, bu...

Nobody Will Starve In Coronavirus Crisis, Says Chairman Of Britain's Ocado

There is no shortage of food in Britain and nobody will starve during the coronavirus emergency, said the chairman of online supermarket Ocado who believes...