Food & Agriculture

• [New] Customs duties will be reduced by between 3% and 10% on items needed for a variety of sectors - like pharmaceutical and food processing. / Politico
• [New] Forecasted to become the most populous country in the world, combined with factors such as increasing disposable income and upward social mobility, India will, be amongst the largest contributors towards higher consumption of meat and dairy products. / Observer Research Foundation
• [New] The global antimicrobial ingredients for food packaging market is projected to witness growth during the forecast period. / Kentucky Journal 24
• [New] The global antimicrobial ingredients for food packaging industry is expected to mark healthy growth over the forecast period, 2021-2028. / Kentucky Journal 24
• [New] Ongoing violence could cut off the only remaining access to food, vaccinations, and other critical supplies for people in North West Syria. / ReliefWeb
• [New] The impacts of climate change are threatening the oceans, by contributing to rising the sea levels, exacerbating ocean acidification and coastal erosion, bleaching of coral reefs, and increasing global water temperatures and storm intensity. / Environmental Migration Portal
• [New] An agreement to facilitate trade and investment has been finalised and is close to signing, which could help open opportunities for Australian agriculture, resource and energy exports to a booming Bangladesh. / The Interpreter
• [New] The good news is that in the world's low and middle-income countries, where demand for livestock-derived foods is escalating, there are significant opportunities to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of livestock systems while at the same time meeting the increased demand for milk, meat and eggs. / TinyLetter
• [New] Keeping food supply chains flowing is especially important amid fears of possible disruptions in food systems and food markets across Africa. / Welcome to Foresight For Development
• [New] Agriculture will face a new set of challenges later this decade as the effects of climate change begin to accelerate markedly. / Future Timeline
• [New] As countless Americans face the possibility that unemployment benefits could end after months of struggling, we continue to donate thousands of pounds of nutritious food to local foodbanks and are proud to be offering employment to food service workers who have lost their jobs. / Heifer International
• [New] In Ethiopia, because of unemployment and fast-growing population, a lot of people, particularly the poor, are faced with the threat of food insecurity as they cannot afford three meals a day. / english
• [New] For millions of women around the world with limited financial opportunities, livestock often offer a path to economic empowerment that provides multiple benefits-including better nutrition - for the entire household. / International Livestock Research Institute
• [New] The Amalgamated Union of Food Stuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over alleged illegal roadblocks and multiple taxations on its members. / TheCable
• [New] While the Rifle test site is remote, there are thousands of sites around the world that are similarly contaminated with radioactive elements and heavy metals that threaten groundwater, surface water and food supplies. / phys.org
• [New] Regulators across the world may view ingredients derived from the algal protein value chain as novel foods, which could place burdens on producers that are not currently faced by other crops. / FoodNavigator-Asia.com
• [New] The supply source of ST25 rice which has been recognized as the best rice in the world will see improvements made over the course of the coming year as part of efforts aimed at meeting the huge demand that exists within the international market. / wp-content
• [New] Build Back Better efforts by USDA will seek to provide improved access to nutritious food, address racial equity and justice as well as climate change, make markets fair and competitive, provide ongoing support for producers and workers, and create greater resilience in the food supply chain. / The White House
• [New] USDA will commit more than $4 billion in a new, robust suite of Build Back Better initiatives focused on rebuilding the U.S. food system and strengthening and diversifying supply chains for food production, food processing, food distribution and aggregation, and markets and consumers. / The White House
• [New] More than 200 big companies pledged last year to reduce greenhouse gases by 30% and cut food waste in half by 2030; companies like PepsiCo PEP and P&G are leading efforts to address plastic package waste; and confectionery companies and even the soda firms are reducing calories and package sizes. / Forbes
• [New] Climate change is already affecting crop and livestock production in many parts of the world; it threatens food security in a lot of tropical countries, where a large proportion of food is produced by vulnerable smallholder farmers. / ccafs
• [New] Climate change impacts in India could add about 50 million more poor people than otherwise projected by 2040 because of falling wages, rising food prices and slower economic growth. / news.trust.org

Last updated: 13 June 2021