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China will boost grain supplies

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CHINA

President Xi Jinping has repeatedly cited food security as one of his top strategic priorities. Amid geopolitical tensions and global supply chain disruption, recent years have…

Ukraine war heightens China's food security imperative

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CHINA

Food security had already been pushed to the centre of Beijing’s policy agenda by tensions with the West and the economic dislocation caused by COVID-19. In the face of a sharp…

Wealth creates new food-security challenges for China

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CHINA

China's food supply and demand.

China’s food security challenge is chronic, not acute

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CHINA

Massive pig losses from African swine fever have reduced pork supplies and raised meat prices. The COVID-19 lockdown took a temporary toll on China’s internal distribution of food…

Sugar price spikes will continue to worry importers

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INTERNATIONAL

Sugar market dynamics.

North Africa's water scarcity may reduce food exports

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NORTH AFRICA

Since 2015, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia have increased their agricultural exports, due in large part to greater EU trade harmonisation. Despite the importance of farming to their…

Argentine farming rebound will boost trade balance

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ARGENTINA

The outlook for agriculture.

China's Five-Year Plan aims at economic security

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CHINA

The lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses to more antagonistic relations with the United States have been written into Beijing's long-term plans. Some existing priorities…

Regional tensions threaten West African food security

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WEST AFRICA

This could worsen to an estimated 49.5 million people by mid-year as the lean season sets in between harvests. Meanwhile, over 100 million people could face food insecurity if…

North Korea's economic catastrophe will only worsen

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NORTH KOREA

Pyongyang does not publish figures, but data and estimates produced in Seoul show that North Korea’s GDP shrank by 4.5% last year, its worst fall for 23 years, and trade hit a…