Europe Decoded The four options to get 20 million tonnes of grain out of Ukraine The international community wants Russia to unblock trade routes and prevent a global famine. 07/06/2022
Ukraine Putin: 'We will guarantee the safe passage' of grain After meeting the African Union leader Macky Sall, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s ready to support the export of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea ports. 04/06/2022
Green News ‘Open ports, if you have any heart’, UN food chief appeals to Putin UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the war could lead to famines if Ukraine’s grain exports are not restored. 19/05/2022
Green News What does India’s heatwave mean for global food supplies? The severe heatwave has come unusually early in spring, and will put more than 1 billion people in India and Pakistan at risk. 27/04/2022
Europe News Ukraine war threatening 'more hunger', says IMF chief The head of the IMF has warned that the war in Ukraine could create "more hunger, more poverty and more social unrest," as it continues to drive up global food prices. 14/04/2022
Green News These foods could soon be in short supply due to the war in Ukraine The food supply for much of the world relies on the fertile farmlands of the 'breadbasket of Europe'. 15/03/2022
Europe News Belgium bakers struggle to make ends meet as flour prices soar Arnaud Szalies says flour prices have risen by 30% in three weeks. Experts warn this could only be the beginning. 10/03/2022
France French pain ahead? Bakers could knead to raise their baguette prices The price hike fears are linked to a 30% worldwide increase since September in the price of wheat — one of the baguette's key ingredients — after bad harvests in Russia and Canada, 28/10/2021
Syria Syrian families struggle to get bread during wheat crisis Syrians say they are forced to bake bread at home amid a severe wheat crisis. 08/10/2021