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  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Why Christmas dinner keeps getting pricier

    African swine fever and extreme weather push up costs for festive diners

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Agricultural commodities
    Soaring Indian onion prices raise risk of political fallout

    Bad weather has hit production of a key vegetable in the country

  • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
    AnalysisAfrican swine fever
    Chinese meat price surge threatens food retail crisis

    A 159% rise in wholesale pork costs is more than double the increase passed on to consumers

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Brexit
    Foodmakers prepare the no-deal Brexit sandwich

    Recipes changed and ingredients stockpiled in effort to safeguard nation’s staple lunch

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    Chinese economy
    China acts on ‘major political task’ of high pork prices

    African swine fever results in 25% rise in cost of the meat in just one month

  • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
    China
    China claims African swine fever cases slowing 

    Analysts have warned that official data may downplay scale of outbreak

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
    China
    Armyworm invades over half of Chinese provinces

    Pest set to further threaten food security amid African swine fever outbreak

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2019
    Agricultural commodities
    Cheese and pork drive food prices higher in 2019 - FAO
  • Monday, 18 March, 2019
    Agricultural commodities
    Italian olive oil squeezed as disease hits crops

    Italy’s Orange Vests movement calls for state aid as farmers forced to abandon groves

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
    Special ReportFuture of Food and Agriculture
    Household food spending divides the world

    The dividend of expanding world production is not being evenly shared

  • Friday, 7 December, 2018
    Commodities
    UK Christmas dinner comes at a higher price

    Summer drought and heatwave lower yields of vegetables such as Brussels sprouts and carrots

  • Friday, 7 December, 2018
    Personal Finance
    Cost of Christmas dinner rises

    Discount supermarkets remain the cheapest option for festive lunch

  • Wednesday, 5 December, 2018
    Special ReportFuture of Food and Agriculture
    Video: ‘Veganomics’

    The environmental case for going vegan and why investors are paying attention

  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    China
    China reports first African swine fever cases in Beijing
  • Friday, 9 November, 2018
    Charity
    Restock food banks with a ‘reverse advent calendar’

    Money bloggers encourage families to donate an item per day before Christmas

  • Monday, 22 October, 2018
    Magnit OAO
    Russian supermarket chain Magnit posts rise in profits
  • Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
    UK inflation
    UK inflation rate falls more than expected in September

    Food prices blamed for consumer price index dropping to 2.4%, reversing August’s sharp rise

  • Tuesday, 18 September, 2018
    Banks
    Philippine consumers tighten belts amid higher inflation Premium

    President Duterte should brace for electoral blowback as rising rates hurt spending

  • Friday, 14 September, 2018
    AnalysisJapanese business & finance
    Is Tokyo’s new fish market a white elephant?

    Critics say setback-plagued Toyosu is obsolete and poor replacement for Tsukiji

  • Friday, 31 August, 2018
    AnalysisUK business & economy
    Food banks offer school uniforms to struggling families

    Donations aim to ease costs for hardest-up at one of the most difficult times of year

  • Friday, 24 August, 2018
    The FT ViewRestaurants
    In defence of Britain’s globalised gastronomics

    Cultural appropriation has allowed London to become a culinary capital

  • Tuesday, 21 August, 2018
    AnalysisTurkish economy
    Cash-strapped Turks grapple with cost of Eid feast

    Economic woes drive up livestock prices ahead of annual Muslim holiday

  • Tuesday, 7 August, 2018
    Iran under Rouhani
    Poor Iranians bear brunt of sanctions as prices soar

    Higher cost of living taps into growing anger at economic misrule and corruption

  • Saturday, 14 July, 2018
    FT AlphavilleAlexandra Scaggs
    Thoughts for the weekend
  • Thursday, 12 July, 2018
    AnalysisChinese agriculture
    China’s wealthy drive up price of luxury teas

    Farmers’ incomes soar as environmental authorities remove illegal bushes

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