Hunger and Malnutrition Crises Persist in Somalia as Projected Floods and Funding Shortfalls Threaten Vulnerable Populations

Millions of people across Somalia continue to face high levels of hunger, while acute malnutrition among children is set to worsen over the coming months as heavy flooding associated with the anticipated El Niño is expected to worsen the situation from October to December 2026, the Federal Go...

ADB Provides $30Mn Financing to Boost Mongolia’s Cashmere Value Chain and Food Service Sector

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a combined $30 million loan (in togrog equivalent) with Gobi Joint Stock Company (Gobi), Tavan Bogd Foods LLC (TBF), and Tavan Bogd Foods Pizza LLC (TBFP) to strengthen Mongolia's cashmere value chain and expand employment opportunities in the country’s ...

FAO Highlights Livestock’s Role in Global Protein Supply and Food Security

According to a new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), livestock production systems provide one-third of the world’s total protein supply - most of it from mixed crop-livestock and poultry production systems - and are undergoing profound changes. Feedlo...

FAO Report Links Forest Conservation with Food Security and Nutrition

Forests and trees play a crucial role in providing nutritious food, and more than 5 billion people worldwide rely on them to some extent for their livelihoods. Yet their contribution to food security and nutrition remains largely overlooked in national statistics and policy frameworks. A new global...

European Union and FAO Join Forces to Boost Climate Resilience of Agrifood Systems in Afghanistan

The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a €5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses reach markets, generate more reliable incomes and better withstand climate and economic shocks. The project will support vuln...

Saudi Arabia Launches Online Service for Food Import Permits

Saudi Arabia’s National Agricultural Services Company (NADEC) has launched an online service for obtaining food import permits, aimed at simplifying import procedures and improving access to digital services for food sector stakeholders. The new platform enables users to submit food import pe...

Global Food Systems Off Track to Meet 2030 Goals, FSCI Study Finds

The latest study from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) reveals the stark reality of where global food systems transformation stands: For most indicators on health, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience, a vast majority of countries will not meet the internationall...

FSSAI Cracks Down on Artificial Flavouring in Alcoholic Beverages, Orders Prohibition of Sale of Select Liquor Variants

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated enforcement action against several alcoholic beverage manufacturers for the use of artificial or nature-identical flavouring substances in whisky and rum, ordering the prohibition of sale of select product variants after laborato...

Australian Government Announces Support Package for Sustainable Abalone Fishery

The New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia has announced financial and practical support for commercial abalone fishers as the state moves to a new operating model aimed at improving the long-term sustainability of its abalone fishery on the South Coast. Under the Minns Labor Government&rsqu...

ORF, GFI India Highlight Alternative Proteins as Pathway to Strengthen India’s Nutrition Security

India has made significant strides in improving food security and reducing hunger over the past decades. Despite this, according to the latest NFHS-6 (2023-2024), 29.3 per cent of children under five are stunted, 31.8 per cent are underweight, and 19 per cent are wasted, while the prevalence of diet...

Black Soldier Fly Larvae Show Potential as Sustainable Protein Source, Adelaide University Study Finds

Researchers at Adelaide University are investigating the potential of black soldier fly larvae as a sustainable, protein-rich ingredient that could help address rising global protein demand while converting agricultural waste into valuable biomass. The research is being conducted in partnership wit...

Global Hunger Declines for Third Consecutive Year, but Progress Remains Fragile: UN Report

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in th...

FAO Scales Up Gaza Agricultural Programme to Support Food Security

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) scaled up its conditional cash assistance program to support a total of 1 500 small-scale farmers in the Gaza Strip to cultivate at least 1 dunum (0.1 ha) of land each. Through this support, FAO projects that the farmers will produce ...

ADB Speeds Crisis Response as Energy and Food Prices Shock Asia and Pacific

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is putting faster and more flexible crisis response tools in place to help its members in Asia and the Pacific protect people, keep essential services running, and manage energy supply and food price shocks. “Ongoing instability from the Middle East conflict i...

FAO Warns of Rising Volatility in Global Coffee, Cocoa and Tea Prices

International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), highlighting the need to strengthen production systems, improve mar...

Tetra Pak Advances Food System Resilience with Significant Emissions Cuts in 2025

This progress reflects Tetra Pak's growing focus on translating emissions reductions into long-term food system resilience Tetra Pak has launched its full-year 2025 (FY25) Sustainability Report, outlining how its continued emissions reductions are supporting greater resilience across the global ...

Aggressively Arresting Food Waste

The World Bank's warning that nearly 30 per cent of food produced in South Asia is lost or wasted, an amount sufficient to feed nearly 300 million people, deserves urgent attention from policymakers. Speaking at the workshop "Unlocking Value: Advancing Food Processing for Employment Generation ...

Taiwan's Rice House Smart Agri Scales AI-Powered Low-Carbon Rice Production

The project was developed in collaboration with National Chung Hsing University's AIMIA research team, with support from Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council In a significant advancement for climate-smart agriculture, Taiwan-based Rice House Smart Agri has successfully scaled commerc...

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