The United Nations says that, at best, it will be able to raise enough money to help about 60% of the 307 million people it predicts will need humanitarian aid next year

The answer is the soil on which we live, the primary producer of our food and water.

Russia should consider the bigger picture of global food crisis and rejoin the deal

A three-day United Nations summit yesterday opened in Rome aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering.

The end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is indeed regrettable, but it is not the leading cause of hunger in the world.

The last ship left Ukraine under the deal on Sunday. Russia's February 2022 invasion and blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports sent global grain prices soaring. Ukraine and Russia are among the world's top grain exporters.

The bumper yield of Aman paddy and good prices has brought big smiles to the faces of rice growers in six northern districts.

LDCs are predominantly agricultural economies, but are also highly dependent on food imports.

Dr Fahmida Khatun speaks to us regarding how Bangladesh can shield itself from a possible food crisis.

While the participants in the Ukraine war are spending billions of dollars each day on weapons and other destructive arsenals, millions of people and the leaders in South Asia and Africa are passing days in anxiety with rising external debt, a strong dollar, lingering supply chain disruptions, and food shortages.

Food insecurity has been rising since 2018. Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the increasing frequency and severity of climate shocks, regional conflicts and the pandemic were all taking their toll, disrupting food production and distribution, and driving up the cost of feeding people and families.

Rising uncertainties are making global compromise and cooperation more unlikely

Despite the controversy, Kissinger’s statement on disequilibrium should be reckoned with.