Food
With UK food price inflation at 46-year high, lawmakers launch probe
By James Davey LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - British lawmakers launched an investigation on Friday into the fairness of the country's food…
World food prices fall for 12th month running in March – FAO
ROME, April 7 (Reuters) - The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in March for a 12th consecutive month, and…
Somalia’s drought killed 43,000 last year, half under five
Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last year, half of them children under 5, researchers said on Monday…
ECB’s Villeroy: Agricultural prices should drop in June, easing inflation pressures
PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) - Global agricultural prices should go down in June which should help ease inflationary pressures regarding food prices,…
World food prices fall for 11th month running in February – FAO
LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in February for a 11th consecutive month, and…
Britain’s salad vegetable crisis its own fault, says former Sainsbury’s boss
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - One of Britain's most experienced retail bosses has blamed the country's current shortage of salad vegetables on…
Britain’s salad vegetable shortage to last 2-4 weeks -minister
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Britain should expect to endure shortages of salad vegetables, including tomatoes, for a further two to four…
Britain faces tomatoes shortage
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is facing a shortage of vegetables, particularly tomatoes, after supermarket supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern…
North Korean food shortage seems to be worsening
SEOUL, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A North Korean food crisis appears to have deteriorated, South Korea said on Wednesday, as a newspaper…
Pizza got 16% more expensive in the EU last year
(Reuters) - The cost of store-bought pizza and quiche in the European Union grew in December by 16% from a year earlier,…
Malaysia’s egg shortage sets Indian hatcheries on path for record exports
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mei Mei Chu MUMBAI/KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) - India is set to export a record 50 million eggs this…
‘Dangerous’ Tunisian droughts threaten food security
Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and…