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India holds soybean cargoes over doubts about Niger origin, sources sayIndian customs authorities have held about 1,500 tonnes of soybean cargoes at JNPT after importers failed to provide documents proving the ...
- Niger or Nigeria? India probes soybean imports over suspected tax evasion, sources say
Indian customs officials are currently examining a notable uptick in soybean imports, which are purportedly sourced from Niger. Authorities...
India races to secure fertilisers as crucial sowing season approaches amid war disruptionsIndia is seeking to boost its fertiliser reserves for the upcoming kharif sowing season by floating tenders for 1.7 million tonnes of urea ...
India cancels soymeal export deals, turns to Africa for soybean importsIndian traders have cancelled 25,000 metric tons of soymeal export contracts. This is the first time since 2021. They have also booked 80,0...
Why the world of chocolate is in crisisFor the world’s chocolate makers, the crisis is here. Plants have been forced to shutter from Malaysia to Germany and Chicago.
Brazil cocoa farms go high-tech to upgrade ailing marketCocoa prices have more than doubled this year to a record as extreme weather, disease and structural issues have hurt supplies from Ivory C...
How a fertiliser shortage is spreading desperate hungerAdding to the troubles around Ukraine's grain exports and world's food supply, fertiliser is also now in short supply and becoming costly.
Why small businesses in services are better engines of growth than manufacturingManufacturing has a unique ability to lift productivity. To raise the productivity of even the least educated farmworkers, one only needs t...
These families thought food inflation was bad in 2021. It only got worseTo help keep its population fed, India imposed export curbs earlier this year on wheat and sugar to safeguard domestic supplies. Officials ...
Rats, drought and labour shortages eat into global edible oil recoveryThe FAO's global edible oils index is up 91 per cent since last June, and is expected to climb further as economies reopen following COVID-...
Five hotspots where food prices are getting people worriedGlobal food prices are at the highest in more than six years, driven by a jump in the cost of everything from soybeans to palm oil because ...
With rising population and declining arable land, China may be staring at a major food crisisSince 1949, China lost one fifth of its arable land to urbanisation and industrialisation and currently only about 10 to 15 per cent of the...
India has optional volumes from Saudi, others to make up for shortfall from IranUS sanctions against Iran oil sector kick in from November 4 that will block all payment routes to the Persian Gulf nation.
India to buy Iranian oil in November despite US sanctions: Dharmendra Pradhan"India has its own energy requirements. We will be guided by our national interest," Oil Minister said.
India to continue Iranian oil imports post US sanctionsUS sanctions against Iran kick in from November 4, which will block payment routes.
India to pay in rupees for Iranian oil from NovemberUS sanctions against Iran come into effect from November 4 and will block banking channels.
China expected to become world's largest importer of riceImports of rice has increased since 2012 as "consumption demand for rice in China has exceeded the supply", it said.
- Innovation in agriculture, vaccine research can wipe out hunger and disease
Farming is a great example of something critical to the poor that gets very little attention in rich countries. Back in the 19th century, t...
- US grains jump 2 pc, wheat up on Iran buying
US soybean and corn futures climbed more than 2 pc on Monday, extending gains from Friday on concerns over dry weather in August and invest...
- Corn jumps as wet weather fans supply concerns
Corn prices jumped Monday as investors bet that more rain in the US Midwest will force farmers to plant less of the crop, tightening suppli...