The Northern Hemisphere is slowly moving towards autumn. This spells the end of the stone fruit seasons. The hot, sunny weather experienced in the summer months have had consequences for the market. Yet, traders in most countries are satisfied with the results. Canadian cherry farmers have benefited from the trade war between the USA and China. Australian exporters have shifted their focus to the Asian markets.

More wealth leaves Africa every year than enters it – by more than $40bn (£31bn) – according to research that challenges “misleading” perceptions of foreign aid.

A report released by the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that if the world continues to warm at its current rate, global temperatures will rise by 1,5°C between 2030 and 2052.

Yaakov Nahmias believes your days as a beef producer are numbered. Whether he and a cavalry of other alternative meat proponents are right might depend on you. 

There is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone, yet 815 million people go hungry. As reflected in Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2), one of the greatest challenges the world faces is how to ensure that a growing global population - projected to rise to around 10 billion by 2050 – has enough food to meet their nutritional needs.

Water is an essential resource for human survival. Not just because our body is made up of 60% water, but this resource is essential to producing food, clothing, and many everyday products, and even computers.

Due to the large-scale COVID-19 outbreak worldwide, the demand for certain products, such as toilet paper, face-masks and disinfectants, has risen to unprecedented levels. Oranges and other citrus fruits are in high demand in the countries affected because they are rich in vitamin C.

The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has sickened millions and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, has had a wide-ranging impact on the grain and grain processing industries.

Tempting as it may be to call 2020 a dumpster fire (and many, many have), there’s really no need to resort to cliche in a year when the world literally burned.

The blueberry market has seen a lot of movement in recent years. This may be due to various factors such as changes in supply and demand, new varieties and delays in the supply chain caused by the pandemic, among many other things.

The global produce industry is a fascinating and entirely unique business model, with arguably one of the most delicate operational chains that spans global markets and meticulously juggles countless daily moving pieces.

Wine trends 2022- Looking to other regions- Of all predicted wine trends for 2022, seeking out under-the-radar regions was the unanimous response.

 The crisis between Russia and Ukraine has overshadowed the wheat market since the start of 2022, with many global buyers and sellers reacting to uncertainty with a wait-and-see attitude.

The invasion of one of the world’s two main producers of sunflower oil by the other one has sent oilseeds prices, in an already tight market shooting higher.

Since the development of “miracle wheat” in 1954 by Norman Borlaug, the way in which international organisations support and invest in agriculture has changed dramatically.

 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.

As G20 ministers and central bank governors gather in Bali this week, they face a global economic outlook that has darkened significantly.

The global economy, still reeling from the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is facing an increasingly gloomy and uncertain outlook. Many of the downside risks flagged in our April World Economic Outlook have begun to materialize.

In places like North and South America, Africa or Australia, people have a vision of farms that spread to the horizon, measured in thousands of acres/hectares.