Move to limit sugar, salt and fat in food is latest step in UAE drive to boost nation’s health
The move to cut the amount of sodium, sugar and fat in packaged foods is the latest in…
Working holiday visa shake-up alarms Qld’s regional businesses
Around a normally lively Far North Queensland backpackers’ hostel, an unusually sombre mood lingers in the air. Irish…
Rice Shortages Drive Japan’s Food Self-Sufficiency to Record Low
Japan Data Food and Drink Economy Politics Aug 23, 2026 Japan’s calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate fell to an…
Fears for Victorian farmland with solar, wind farm plans
Regional communities fear prime Victorian farmland could be irreversibly damaged with more than a million solar panels to…
NSIA Opens Applications for Innovation Program with $275,000 Grants for
The World Bank has approved a $1.25 billion Development Policy Financing (DPF) loan for Nigeria, unveiling the facility…
NSIA Offers $275,000 Innovation Prize for Nigerian Startups
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has opened applications for the fourth edition of its Prize for Innovation, offering…
Regenerative farms lost three times less yield in France’s droughts. Here’s why
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Dhanin urges water push to unlock Thailand’s farm economy
Dhanin Chearavanont, senior chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, has urged the government to put water management at the…
Strait of Hormuz closure has Russia poised to capitalise on global hunger crisis
Global food agencies are holding their breath fearing protracted Strait of Hormuz blockages could cause tens of millions…
Farmers warn of food price spikes within weeks as Middle East war continues
Australia’s peak farming body is warning consumers the price of groceries is about to jump as producers and…
Australia faces a fuel crisis of its own making
Within hours of its entry into World War I, the British government had taken control of the nation’s…
Fuel and freight woes from Middle East conflict could end some carrot farms in WA, warns industry body
Interruptions to global container shipping due to the conflict in the Middle East are impacting Western Australia’s $60…