Stop panic buying and export bans to prevent a food crisis
4 years, 9 months ago

Stop panic buying and export bans to prevent a food crisis

China Daily  

Cai Meng/China Daily Global food security could be under threat. This panic behavior, especially because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, could potentially lead to a food crisis, making poor, hungry and malnourished people even more vulnerable. The Food and Agriculture Organization's estimate for last year's global cereal production is 2,719 million tons, almost 62 million tons more than in 2018 and 4.7 million tons higher than forecast in February. Also, transparent dissemination of information will ensure that markets function smoothly and the government better manages the food markets, people do not panic, and farmers make rational production decisions, and consumers do not hoard foods. A global call for collaboration The authorities should also take measures to facilitate the smooth flow of global trade and use of the international market as a vital tool to secure food supply.

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Ban on wheat exports may hit farm incomes
1 year, 10 months ago

Ban on wheat exports may hit farm incomes

Hindustan Times  

On Monday, HT reported that the ban on export of wheat and non-premium rice is likely to continue beyond March. They include elevated domestic inflation for cereals, low grain stocks with the government and uncertainty over weather outlook for the two most important cereal crops in the rabi and kharif season. The former suffered heavily because of a premature heat …

Concern mounts over food supplies
4 years, 7 months ago

Concern mounts over food supplies

China Daily  

A vendor piles sacks of rice for sale in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The country has announced that a two-month ban on the export of standard-grade white rice, imposed to ensure sufficient domestic supplies of staple foods during the coronavirus crisis, will be lifted on Wednesday. HENG SINITH/AP Fears voiced as some nations impose export restrictions Editor's note: The world faces …

Concern mounts over food supplies
4 years, 7 months ago

Concern mounts over food supplies

China Daily  

A vendor piles sacks of rice for sale in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The country has announced that a two-month ban on the export of standard-grade white rice, imposed to ensure sufficient domestic supplies of staple foods during the coronavirus crisis, will be lifted on Wednesday. HENG SINITH/AP Fears voiced as some nations impose export restrictions Editor's note: The world faces …

Concern mounts over food supplies
4 years, 7 months ago

Concern mounts over food supplies

China Daily  

Food packages from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are distributed in Tripoli, Libya, during the holy month of Ramadan. AYMAN AL-SAHILI/REUTERS Crisis an opportunity Qu Dongyu, head of the FAO, said at a joint meeting of agriculture ministers from G20 countries on May 4 that the pandemic is having an impact on food security and nutrition, and called …

Concern mounts over food supplies
4 years, 7 months ago

Concern mounts over food supplies

China Daily  

A vendor piles sacks of rice for sale in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The country has announced that a two-month ban on the export of standard-grade white rice, imposed to ensure sufficient domestic supplies of staple foods during the coronavirus crisis, will be lifted on Wednesday. HENG SINITH/AP Fears voiced as some nations impose export restrictions Editor's note: The world faces …

Concern mounts over food supplies
4 years, 7 months ago

Concern mounts over food supplies

China Daily  

Food packages from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are distributed in Tripoli, Libya, during the holy month of Ramadan. AYMAN AL-SAHILI/REUTERS Crisis an opportunity Qu Dongyu, head of the FAO, said at a joint meeting of agriculture ministers from G20 countries on May 4 that the pandemic is having an impact on food security and nutrition, and called …

Concern mounts over food supplies
4 years, 7 months ago

Concern mounts over food supplies

China Daily  

A vendor piles sacks of rice for sale in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The country has announced that a two-month ban on the export of standard-grade white rice, imposed to ensure sufficient domestic supplies of staple foods during the coronavirus crisis, will be lifted on Wednesday. HENG SINITH/AP Fears voiced as some nations impose export restrictions Editor's note: The world faces …

Panic buying could impact global food supply chain: World Food Programme
4 years, 9 months ago

Panic buying could impact global food supply chain: World Food Programme

Live Mint  

United Nations: The rapidly growing novel coronavirus pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain, but that could change for the worse – and soon – if anxiety-driven panic by major food importers takes hold, the World Food Programme has said. "But we may soon expect to see disruptions in food supply chains," she said, …

World risks food crisis in wake of coronavirus, officials warn
4 years, 9 months ago

World risks food crisis in wake of coronavirus, officials warn

Al Jazeera  

Governments must ensure free trade especially to avoid further slowdowns in food-supply chains, WTO, WHO, UN say. As governments around the world are trying to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus by putting their populations in lockdown, international trade and food supply chains suffered a severe slowdown. “Uncertainty about food availability can spark a wave of export restrictions, creating …

'We do have enough food,' say supermarkets after panic buying clears shelves
4 years, 9 months ago

'We do have enough food,' say supermarkets after panic buying clears shelves

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has sufficient food stocks to keep supermarket shelves filled but the panic buying of recent days has disrupted the supply chain, according to the Dutch supermarket lobby group CBL. ‘We do have enough stocks and that distribution centres and the country’s 4,000 supermarkets are working flat out to keep stocked up,’ the organisation said. The Albert Heijn supermarket …

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