Global Scans · Food & Agriculture · Weekly Summary

• [New] Weather-related crop shortfalls in southern Malawi and eastern Madagascar threaten food security, highlighting vulnerabilities to climate change and SDG 13 (Climate Action). sdgtalks EN
• [New] Around half of the world's population currently suffers from high water stress at least one month per year, threatening secure delivery of water, food, health, jobs, and energy. WaterBlog@KTH: Reflect, Rethink, Refill
• [New] As the world rapidly warms, levels of tropospheric ozone are projected to increase in all business-as-usual scenarios, exacerbating the most damaging impacts of climate change and harming health, agriculture and ecosystems. Clean Air Fund
• [New] More than one million Palestinians are experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity, with growing risks of severe malnutrition and disease due to hunger and poor sanitary conditions. The IRC
• [New] Restricting access to widely used crop protection tools could have severe negative effects on U.S. agriculture, including lower yields, higher costs, and increased food prices. VisaVerge
• [New] Food System Stress - The UN warned that 13 countries are at risk of acute food insecurity or famine. Age of Transformation
• [New] The sugar and soybean industries are resisting US pressure to open up markets for GM maize, GM soybeans, and ethanol, citing threats to farmer incomes, food security, and domestic industry sustainability. Raman Academy
• [New] The production of lab-grown meat could have up to 25 times the environmental impact of conventional meat, challenging the perception that it is a climate-friendly alternative. AGDAILY
• [New] Sarawak's strong policy support and infrastructure offer unprecedented growth opportunities for SMEs, especially in agriculture, food security and related value chains. Borneo Post Online
• [New] By the end of this century, climate change could significantly cut production of six staple food crops around the world - including wheat production in Canada, leading to higher prices, a new study finds. Radio-Canada.ca
• [New] Access Gaps: Over 1.1 billion people globally lack affordable access to sustainable cooling, putting lives, food security, and healthcare at risk. INSIGHTS IAS - Simplifying UPSC IAS Exam Preparation
• [New] The proposed Land Use Framework for England could provide an effective basis for a policy and incentive landscape that optimises the use of land to deliver on a wide range of objectives such as climate mitigation and adaptation, food security and nature. Climate Change Committee
• [New] Aquaculture production must continue expanding significantly to meet global protein demands by 2050, making access to financing a critical determinant of global food security. The Business & Financial Times
• [New] In the burgeoning aquaculture sector, which now supplies more than half of the world's fish consumption, millions of smallholder farmers and small-to-medium enterprises face a persistent barrier that limits their growth potential and threatens global food security. The Business & Financial Times
• [New] Farage condemned the use of agricultural land for solar farms, calling them biodiversity deserts, and argued that the centre-Right could reframe environmentalism without the CO2 obsession, predicting that public disillusionment with net zero could shift voter support toward Reform UK. Marcellus Drilling News
• [New] Food security will become a priority for governments as the real impacts of climate change bite harder in coming years, and tackling waste is a key step they must take. irishnews.com
• [New] Key sectors like transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture would face rising costs, threatening the 2% economic growth forecast by the IMF for 2025. Middle East Monitor
• [New] Under a moderate greenhouse gas emissions scenario, six key staple crops will see an 11.2% decline by the end of the century compared to a world without warming, even as farmers try to adapt. Mother Jones
• ADB's interventions range from supporting national adaptation plans to financing climate-informed investment projects that improve water infrastructure, promote water-saving technologies, and enable risk-adapted agricultural practices. UNITAR
• GLP-1 usage is going to rise considerably across the world in the coming years, confronting food and beverages with both challenges and opportunities. Research and Markets
• Specialists from the Kherson Grain Company are helping farmers re-register their land-likely meaning that farmers are having to register their land, and their crop yield, with Russian administrative organs, which will enable the occupation administration to profit off of their agricultural yield. Institute for the Study of War
• Agriculture & food industry has particularly stepped up in 2025, with 80% of the firms considering decarbonization as an opportunity - back to 2023 level (+24 pp vs. 2024). Argos Wityu

Last updated: 29 June 2025