GRAIN DRAIN Hunger: Delayed summer rains in much of Southern Africa to compound region’s misery 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS OP-ED Global grain supplies are ample, but we must watch India and Russia 4 min 0 By Wandile Sihlobo
UKRAINE UPDATE: 19 JANUARY 2023 Ukrainian Interior Minister and senior officials die in helicopter crash; Zelensky urges allies to speed up aid 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 DECEMBER 2022 Zelensky and BlackRock CEO discuss postwar rebuilding; Russian tycoon asks Africa to lobby EU on fertiliser impasse 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 9 AUGUST 2022 IAEA raises alarm on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; ships set sail in grain exports corridor 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
INFLATION OUTLOOK Global food prices cool from record levels but remain elevated – UN Food and Agriculture Organization 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 AUGUST 2022 Grain shipments kick into higher gear; nuclear plant shelled again 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 25 JULY 2022 Russia’s Lavrov leans on UN over food exports; Kyiv puts out call for grain ships 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
WORLD FOOD CRISIS Putin approval needed for UN deal to release 20 million tons of blockaded Ukrainian grain 5 min 2 By Peter Fabricius
Business Maverick US urges countries to reach out if having issues with Russian food, fertiliser exports 2 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 JUNE 2022 European leaders back EU candidate status after talks with Zelensky; Moscow tightens gas flows 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 16 JUNE 2022 Scholz, Macron, Draghi to visit Kyiv; Biden announces additional $1bn weapons package 8 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 9 JUNE 2022 OECD offers grim global economic outlook; Germany to increase troops in Lithuania 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 JUNE 2022 Zelensky calls for more weapons for counteroffensive; Russian foreign minister lands in Turkey 6 min 1 By Bloomberg
Russia tries to sell stolen grain Blinken says reports Russia is 'pilfering' Ukrainian grain for profit are credible 1 min 1 By Reuters
WAR IN EUROPE Russia turns to general who razed Syria's Aleppo to lead forces to ‘victory’ 6 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
FOOD CRISIS Ukraine war imperils Africa’s staples and fertiliser supply, but farmers and governments can fix this, say experts 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
RIPPLE EFFECT Ukraine and global supply chains: Something wicked this way comes 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
AGRICULTURE Excessive rains lead to SA farmers planting less maize than initially expected 2 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
FOOD SECURITY Too much rain means no grain: Farmers and industry watchers look skyward for a sunny reprieve 5 min 0 By Ed Stoddard and Jana Scheepers
BUSINESS MAVERICK OP-ED Here is what’s behind the surge in global agricultural commodity prices 3 min 0 By Wandile Sihlobo and Marlene Louw
