While the outlook for global food supplies remains favourable, food prices increased sharply due to elevated input prices which, combined with high transport costs and trade disruptions due to the war in Ukraine, are raising import bills. That hits poor and developing countries hardest, as they depend on food imports the most.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Air pollution damages are measured by increased mortality and morbidity and the value of statistical life, while monetized damages from climate change include the threats to crops, property, ecosystem services and human health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today around 40 per cent of all adults are overweight or obese and every single nation on Earth is getting fatter. Obesity-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, are soaring on a trajectory that will cripple many health services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In the next 10 years, the emerging field of ‘personalised nutrition’ will use genetic tests to fill in those gaps to offer healthy eating guidance tailored to the individual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The underlying reason for the price increases is movements in the international price of crude oil. The acceleration in the international price of crude oil is linked to the Russian war in the Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Farming is one of the oldest professions in the world. And in the UK, the people who farm are a part of a workforce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That’s a turnaround from two years ago, when the same exercise put the US in pole position. Now the world’s biggest economy lags even the UK and the European Union.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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With regard to trafficking, there have also been seizures that suggest some groups are involved in smuggling multiple species. In just the past few years, detection of large quantities of ivory and pangolin scales in the same shipment indicate a clear confluence of these markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

La Niña conditions for a third year in a row could have far-reaching effects on global agriculture by triggering large shifts in weather. La Niña tends to create drought and dry conditions in many parts of the world, including Brazil, Argentina, and the US, while bringing additional precipitation to other areas, such as Australia.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Crop fields spanning acres become a real task if there are no machines and vehicles involved even for basic ploughing activities. Simple procedures like harvesting used to take days to complete before inventions like the combine harvester. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A team of researchers explains that their findings, whose conclusions are based on six separate technological and economic models of domestic energy systems, have yielded four major insights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ports are not working at all, they are blocked completely. Ukraine cannot export the grain that it has agreed to export before the beginning of the big war.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Vanuit ons Nuuskantoor berig ons soos volg.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Countries introduced a variety of policy measures in response to this unprecedented surge in prices of the most crucial commodities.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Regenerative farming practices focus on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving water retention, enhancing ecosystem services, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and fertility of the soil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ekonomiese vooruitsigte het aansienlik verander in die drie maande nadat Rusland Oekraïne binnegeval het. Alles kan nie aan die inval toegeskryf word nie, maar niemand sal waarskynlik stry dat dit die grootste bydrae tot die swakker ekonomiese vooruitsigte gelewer het nie.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The probability for average to above rainfall is still favourable for the eastern and south-eastern areas but unfavourable for the central to north-western parts for at least until October/November.     A dry spell is expected from about June to November that is in line with La Nina conditions.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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If the domestic industry produced sufficient volumes to meet the demand in local and export markets, the observed increasing imports trend might drop significantly.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As climate change worsens, and with populations rising worldwide, water shortages are a top threat to human development and security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mr Putin must not use food as a weapon. Shortages are not the inevitable outcome of war. World leaders should see hunger as a global problem urgently requiring a global solution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The South African avocado harvest is around 65% through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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World Milk Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN 22 years ago. It is celebrated to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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South Africa has also legalised the private growing of cannabis plants by adults for their own personal consumption. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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South Africa’s 2021/22 summer crop harvest activity is underway and the initial yields reports are positive. Thus, we welcome the positive picture painted by the Crop Estimates Committee’s fourth production estimate released this past week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The South Africa Table Grape Industry Association (SATI) has wrapped up the 2021-22 harvest season, posing intake levels of 77.6 million boxes, 3.6 percent ahead of levels at the same week last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 2019 survey found just 24% of South African farmers are hosting some form of agritourism on their farms. That means there’s a massive opportunity for expansion in this area. Agritourism could help farmers use their farm resources to their fullest potential, generate additional income and preserve the land.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China’s import agreement with Brazil still requires formal approval by China's Agriculture Ministry. Documentation on phytosanitary measures must also be finalized to meet Chinese requirements.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The restrictions will limit sugar exports to ten million tonnes for the current marketing year, which ends in September Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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