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Esther Kimani (right) received the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation from the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2024 for developing the Early Crop Pest and Disease Detection Device. Photo: Royal Academy of Engineering

Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with innovation

By Kim Harrisberg, Reuters August 2, 2024

Alongside container farms in South Africa cultivating soldier flies for animal feed, solar-powered fish and crop dryers in Tanzania and machine-learning pest detectors in Kenya, Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to overcome the effects of climate change on food production.

U.S. President Joe Biden, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stand together on the first day of the G7 summit, in Savelletri, Italy, June 13, 2024. Photo: Reuters/Yara Nardi/File Photo

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G7 leaders launch initiative for global food security

By Angelo Amante June 14, 2024

Bari, Italy | Reuters – Group of Seven leaders have pledged to step up efforts against global malnutrition, according to a draft statement on Friday that noted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had “aggravated” the world’s food problems. The G7 Apulia Food Systems Initiative (AFSI) – named after the Southern Italian region hosting the leaders’ summit – will […] Read more

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National school food program announced

Federal government says program aims to start with 2024/25 school year

By GFM Network News April 2, 2024

The federal government plans to spend over $1 billion over five years on a national school food program that will feed an additional 400,000 school-aged children a year.

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Parliamentary Ag Secretary Jean-Claude Poissant, at right, visited the Carrefour Alimentaire Centre-Sud in Montreal on June 17, 2019 to formally launch the federal Food Policy for Canada. in 2019 (Photo courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

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Feds disburse funds on community food security projects

Since 2019 the Local Food Infrastructure Fund has committed $64.8 million to such projects

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News January 19, 2024

Wednesday, federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay announced up to $9.98 million in funding for community food projects through the fifth phase of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund, an outworking of the Food Policy for Canada.

People gather around trucks carrying humanitarian aid that entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on October 21, 2023. The first of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip on October 21 through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, said AFP correspondents on both sides. Photo: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto.

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Global hunger stalled well above pre-pandemic levels

Intersecting crises of conflict, climate and economics have hit struggling communities hard says Foodgrains Bank

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News December 27, 2023

The number of people experiencing hunger around the world remains far higher than pre-pandemic levels, but is still "significantly better" than 20 years ago, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank says.

A farmer in China piles wheat. Photo: Reuters/File

General, Markets, Reuters

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

Chinese corn breeders are preparing to double the amount of GMO corn planted next year

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 21, 2023

China, the world's top buyer of soy and corn, will push for higher grain yields across large areas of farmland as it seeks to ensure food security for its huge population, state media reported on Wednesday, citing an annual rural policy meeting.

Canada’s latest food prices report predicts overall food prices will rise five to seven per cent in 2022, the highest predicted rise in its 12-year history of the report. Photo: wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images

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Anxiety over cost of food on the rise: CCFI

Food companies increasingly blamed for prices; farmers seen as highly trustworthy

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News October 17, 2023

When asked which life issues they were most concerned about, 54 per cent flagged the cost of food as a top concern—up from 51 per cent last year, the report said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (r) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin arrive at a press conference after their meeting in Sochi on Sept. 4, 2023. (Photo: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Turkey’s Erdogan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon

UN seeks to bring Russia back into deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 4, 2023

Moscow | Reuters — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said after talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market. Russia quit the deal in July — a year after […] Read more

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How El Niño threatens emerging market economies

Significant changes to rainfall, or prolonged droughts, could also impact hydropower output, boost food, fuel prices

By GFM Network News August 4, 2023

London | Reuters – Countries around the world are battling heatwaves and floods fueled by El Niño, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that has a 90 per cent probability of persisting in the second half of 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The worldwide impact can be enormous, but the stakes are higher for […] Read more

Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

UN waits for Russian answer as Black Sea deal deadline looms

U.S. says Russia using grain deal 'as a weapon'

By GFM Network News July 14, 2023

United Nations | Reuters — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is still waiting for a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin on a proposal to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain beyond Monday, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday. Guterres wrote to Putin on Tuesday asking him to extend the […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures pull back as Brazil harvest advances

McDonald’s, Cargill fund youth councillor position with Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, hogs fall as traders watch other commodities

Tag Archives food security

Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with innovation

G7 leaders launch initiative for global food security

National school food program announced

Feds disburse funds on community food security projects

Global hunger stalled well above pre-pandemic levels

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

Anxiety over cost of food on the rise: CCFI

Turkey’s Erdogan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon

How El Niño threatens emerging market economies

UN waits for Russian answer as Black Sea deal deadline looms

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