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  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special Report
    African Farming & the World

    Nigeria harnesses scale to boost smallholder productivity; the battle to commercialise South Africa’s Eastern Cape; camel milk’s superfood credentials; how tackling soil depletion can raise yields; Egyptian orange farmers capitalise on export boom; what Nigeria can learn from Brazilian techniques

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Farming & the World
    Egyptian orange farmers juice gains from export boom

    Cheap pound has enabled the country to capitalise on a global rise in demand for the citrus fruit

  • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco drops avocado supplier after allegations of rights abuse

    UK’s largest supermarket suspends supply from Kenyan agricultural company Kakuzi

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    UK cheesemongers could find mould on tasty trade treaty with Japan Premium

    Deal allows British farmers to use up quotas unfilled by the EU — but will there be any left?

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Agricultural commodities
    China’s pork reserves running out as prices soar, analysts say

    Beijing sells down frozen meat after African swine fever causes supply shortfall

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    US farmers in line for record $37bn in handouts this year

    Surge in payments sparks claims Trump is trying to buy agricultural vote ahead of election

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Donna Kilpatrick
    A farming revolution is what we need in this crisis

    The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a reckoning for how we feed ourselves and where we get our food

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    Chinese trade
    China scales back meat imports over virus concerns

    Restrictions against processing plants in US, Europe, Brazil, and Canada to push up food prices

  • Sunday, 21 June, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    The problem with Big Food

    Coronavirus is forcing us to rethink our approach to agricultural production

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 14 May, 2020
    US-China trade dispute
    China’s record Brazil soyabean imports impede US trade target

    Beijing faces ‘Herculean’ effort to meet phase one trade goals with Washington

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
    News in-depthIndian economy
    India’s coronavirus crisis hits country’s farmers and food supplies

    Lockdown and restrictions on migrant workforce leave crops unpicked as demand collapses

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
    News in-depthAgricultural production
    US restaurant closings spur farmers to destroy food

    Supply chains for commercial kitchens prove ill-equipped to serve grocery stores

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
    Food security
    Warnings of unrest mount as outbreak hits food availability

    G20 agriculture ministers urge governments not to disrupt global supply chains

  • Sunday, 12 April, 2020
    UK agriculture
    Lockdown takes a cut out of the Easter lamb market

    The pandemic has disrupted the usual routes from farm to fork, putting livelihoods in danger

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Why coronavirus is pushing up ginger and garlic prices

    Acute labour shortages and transport bottlenecks force up costs of produce from China

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus fears force China into mass chicken cull

    Beijing to import US birds as traffic shutdown leads to poultry feed shortages

  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
    beyondbricsPalm oil
    Britain could seal Asian trade deal by adopting a fresh attitude to palm oil 

    A proposed ban on the commodity for biofuel would lead to more deforestation

  • Friday, 31 January, 2020
    Mexico
    Avocado crime soars ahead of America’s Super Bowl

    Gangs muscle in on Mexico’s lucrative ‘green gold’ fruit business

  • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Conflict over fertile lands threatens Nigeria’s food security

    A deadly ethnic battle sparked by cattle-herders is driving farmers from their land

  • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Vertical farming finally grows up in Japan

    Redundant factories offer fertile ground for soil-free, indoor agriculture

  • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Hazelnut sourcing spreads discontent for Nutella

    Ferrero faces political dilemma over domestic and foreign procurement of key ingredient

  • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Planting crops with trees drives ‘magical’ reforestation

    Turnaround success demonstrates key plank of sustainable farming

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    What is Japan’s beef with bull semen? Premium

    Tokyo defends products such as Wagyu from overseas rivals but tariff cuts could offer an opportunity

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Agriculture
    Britain’s new farm bill links subsidies to environmental projects

    Draft law likely to have far-reaching consequences for the rural economy

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    US-China trade dispute
    Uncertainty over China-US trade deal hits soyabean prices

    Commitments by Beijing to purchase more farm goods has been met with scepticism

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