Ships avoid Ukrainian grain ports after Russian attacks
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Shipping companies have suspended services to Ukraine's Black Sea ports following mounting Russian attacks on the ...
Monday, August 10, 2026
Tag: food security
Bulgaria’s milk farmers falter in former yogurt empire
Dzhebel (Bulgaria) (AFP) - "When the city starts feeding the countryside, it means the country is done for," farmer Emil ...
Fighting over a chicken in protest-hit La Paz
La Paz (AFP) - In Bolivia's administrative capital La Paz, a line of shoppers surge to get their hands on ...
EU vows help for farmers hit by Iran war fertiliser price hikes
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - The European Union will release emergency funds to help farmers deal with soaring fertiliser costs caused ...
Egypt farmers hit by Iran war price surge
Giza (Egypt) (AFP) - Egyptian smallholders have seen their lives upended by the war in Iran, with soaring fertiliser and ...
Malaysia plans cloud seeding for drought-hit ‘rice bowl’
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, ...
German fertiliser makers and farmers struggle with Iran war fallout
Wittenberg (Germany) (AFP) - As Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz roils the global economy, one German town has ...
IMF warns of war’s human impact far from Middle East
Washington (United States) (AFP) - IMF economists warned Thursday that the war in Iran could have “very, certainly severe” consequences ...
War’s impact on fertilisers stirs food producer fears
Paris (France) (AFP) - Even as Gulf tanker traffic slowly resumes, the road back to normal food production will be ...
War’s impact on fertilisers stirs food producer fears
Paris (France) (AFP) - Even as Gulf tanker traffic slowly resumes, the road back to normal food production will be ...
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