A historical view on the affordability of the BFAP Thrifty Healthy Food Basket over time The affordability of the BFAP THFB is influenced by food price movements as well as household incomes.

Climate change requires rapid, major and systemic economic changes at the local, national and global levels.

For the first time ever, farmers the world over — all at the same time — are testing the limits of how little chemical fertilizer they can apply without devastating their yields come harvest time. Early predictions are bleak.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) latest Food Price Index, world food commodity prices decreased in April after a large jump the previous month, led by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals.

Have you noticed that every time you do your monthly shop it seems like your trolley becomes more expensive? With rising prices all round, South Africans are feeling the pinch. But did you know that climate change is also part of the problem and is contributing to the inflation? 

The World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture initiative has helped create public-private partnerships in 23 countries that have benefited millions of farmers.

Type O blood often signifies a physiology which is uniquely suited to processing animal proteins. As a result of this efficiency, the optimal diet for those with Type O blood features a lot of meat, poultry, and seafood.

The concept of alkalinity is becoming more well-known today than ever before. As many people suffer inflammation that leads to disease, pain and a host of other health issues, we’re starting to realize it’s time we turn to our diets for an answer.

 This is a busy week in South Africa's agricultural calendar with many stakeholders attending NAMPO, the first time in two years that the event is hosted in-person.

 The BFAP Thrifty Healthy Food Basket (THFB) measures the cost of basic healthy eating for low-income households in the South African context.

For the past few years, scientists have been frantically sounding an alarm that governments refuse to hear: the global food system is beginning to look like the global financial system in the run-up to 2008.

At the United Nations Security Council’s May 19 session on conflict and global food security, Gro Intelligence’s CEO, Sara Menker, spoke about the growing global food crisis, the confluence of unprecedented factors contributing to this crisis, and its disproportionate impact on lower-income countries.

Dr Theo de Jager on his tenure as president of the World Farmers Organisation

Study Linking Carbohydrate Metabolism with Inner Ear Symptoms -Research has connected having a metabolic inner ear disorder with the body’s ability to metabolize carbohydrates and related metabolic disorders.

Hybrid agricultural and horticultural crops can play an important role in supporting global food security.

 Global wheat inventories currently stand at about 10 weeks of global consumption, a food supply expert said during a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council on May 19.

In late May 2022, global headlines in publications such as The Economist, The Washington Post and the Financial Times focused on the rising crisis of global food insecurity.

What if we could harness the power of technology innovation to help transform global food systems?

In the mid-1990s, Chris Funk was working as a data analyst in Chicago, combing through personal information that matched potential credit card customers with targeted advertising.