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High Hopes In Israel For "Super Hero" Cocoa That Has Survived War
Farming can develop in mysterious ways. Israeli researchers learned about that when the war in Gaza seemed to have all but wrecked their work on a more resilient strain of the cocoa plant that could help alleviate a global shortage of the beans.
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Children Starve As Millions Of Gaza Inhabitants Face Famine Threat
Nearly 166 million people worldwide are estimated to need urgent action against hunger, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global partnership which measures food insecurity.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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Onion Shortage Threatens New Chapter In World Food Crisis
Lalaine Basa would buy a kilo of onions to make spring rolls at her catering business north of Manila. She's now changed her recipe to use half the amount because of soaring prices in the Philippines.
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Empty Shelves And Rising Prices Test Tunisians' Patience
Food shortages are worsening in Tunisia with empty shelves in supermarkets and bakeries, adding to popular discontent at high prices and risking unrest as the government tries to stave off a crisis in public finances.
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Ukraine Hopes For 1st Grain Shipment Under UN-Brokered Deal This Week
Ukraine said on Monday it hoped a UN-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region would start being implemented this week.
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Ukraine Works To Resume Grain Exports, Despite Condemned Russian Strikes
Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian missile strike on Odesa was a sign of more to come.
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Ukraine Works To Resume Grain Exports After Missile Strike On Odessa
Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from Black Sea ports after a missile attack on Odesa raised doubts whether Russia would honour a deal aimed at easing global food shortages caused by the war.
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Food Shortages Are Next Global Health Crisis: Expert
Growing food shortages may represent the same health threat to the world as the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading global health figure has warned.
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KFC In Australia To Serve Cabbage Instead Of Lettuce. Here's Why
American fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has been forced to start using cabbage instead of lettuce in its burgers and wraps in Australia due to a shortage of the vegetable in the country.
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Russia Ready To Help Overcome Global Food Crisis If...: Putin
Moscow is ready to make a "significant contribution" to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone call with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
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India Calls Out West On Wheat Export, Says Shouldn't Go The Covid Jabs Way
Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices.
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Despite Global Food Crisis, WTO Trouble For Indian Exports: Ms Sitharaman
Amidst a global shortage of food grains in the aftermath of the Ukrainian war, countries like India which have the potential to address this by exporting agricultural products, in particular cereals, are facing difficulties from the World Trade Organization, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday.
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PM Modi Tells Biden "World Facing Food Shortage, India Can Help Provided..."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that during his talk with US President Joe Biden, he offered to supply India's food stock to the world if the World Trade Organisation (WTO) accords permission.
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How Russia's Ukraine War Will Make Bread Unaffordable In The Middle East
Many Middle Eastern countries are seriously concerned about the inevitable shortage of grain as Russia and Ukraine together account for 30 per cent of global wheat exports -- Russia being the world's largest exporter, with Ukraine in fourth place.
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High Hopes In Israel For "Super Hero" Cocoa That Has Survived War
Farming can develop in mysterious ways. Israeli researchers learned about that when the war in Gaza seemed to have all but wrecked their work on a more resilient strain of the cocoa plant that could help alleviate a global shortage of the beans.
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Children Starve As Millions Of Gaza Inhabitants Face Famine Threat
Nearly 166 million people worldwide are estimated to need urgent action against hunger, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global partnership which measures food insecurity.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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Onion Shortage Threatens New Chapter In World Food Crisis
Lalaine Basa would buy a kilo of onions to make spring rolls at her catering business north of Manila. She's now changed her recipe to use half the amount because of soaring prices in the Philippines.
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Empty Shelves And Rising Prices Test Tunisians' Patience
Food shortages are worsening in Tunisia with empty shelves in supermarkets and bakeries, adding to popular discontent at high prices and risking unrest as the government tries to stave off a crisis in public finances.
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Ukraine Hopes For 1st Grain Shipment Under UN-Brokered Deal This Week
Ukraine said on Monday it hoped a UN-brokered deal aimed at easing global food shortages by resuming grain exports from the Black Sea region would start being implemented this week.
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Ukraine Works To Resume Grain Exports, Despite Condemned Russian Strikes
Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian missile strike on Odesa was a sign of more to come.
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Ukraine Works To Resume Grain Exports After Missile Strike On Odessa
Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from Black Sea ports after a missile attack on Odesa raised doubts whether Russia would honour a deal aimed at easing global food shortages caused by the war.
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Food Shortages Are Next Global Health Crisis: Expert
Growing food shortages may represent the same health threat to the world as the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading global health figure has warned.
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KFC In Australia To Serve Cabbage Instead Of Lettuce. Here's Why
American fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has been forced to start using cabbage instead of lettuce in its burgers and wraps in Australia due to a shortage of the vegetable in the country.
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Russia Ready To Help Overcome Global Food Crisis If...: Putin
Moscow is ready to make a "significant contribution" to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone call with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
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India Calls Out West On Wheat Export, Says Shouldn't Go The Covid Jabs Way
Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices.
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Despite Global Food Crisis, WTO Trouble For Indian Exports: Ms Sitharaman
Amidst a global shortage of food grains in the aftermath of the Ukrainian war, countries like India which have the potential to address this by exporting agricultural products, in particular cereals, are facing difficulties from the World Trade Organization, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday.
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PM Modi Tells Biden "World Facing Food Shortage, India Can Help Provided..."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that during his talk with US President Joe Biden, he offered to supply India's food stock to the world if the World Trade Organisation (WTO) accords permission.
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How Russia's Ukraine War Will Make Bread Unaffordable In The Middle East
Many Middle Eastern countries are seriously concerned about the inevitable shortage of grain as Russia and Ukraine together account for 30 per cent of global wheat exports -- Russia being the world's largest exporter, with Ukraine in fourth place.
