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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, February 01, 2025
In this opinion piece, Julie Borlaug, granddaughter of Norman Borlaug, reflects on his friendship and partnership in Africa with the late Jimmy Carter and what that legacy means for the battle against world hunger.
This is the last of a three-part series on the impact of agricultural exports on the U.S. economy and the risks and promise for ag trade going forward. American commodity and ag trade groups are casting their net far and wide overseas to develop relationships and encourage trade with the United States.
In this opinion piece, Marshall Matz, senior counsel at OFW Law, discusses the negative global impact he says the Hamas attack has had on food security in agriculture.
The Agriculture Department announced Wednesday it will dole out $300 million during the first year of its new $1.2 billion Regional Agricultural Promotion Program, or RAPP.
People in some of the poorest and hungriest nations in the world may be the hardest hit by India’s decision last month to ban exports of long grain, non-basmati rice – a move that’s already pushing global prices higher and forcing import-dependent countries to scramble to find supplies, according to analysts and trade data.
Exports of Ukrainian corn and wheat that supplied Africa, the Middle East, Asia and European Union all but halted when Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, closing down Black Sea ports. Now, there is a scheme to lessen the impact if those ports are closed again, European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski tells Agri-Pulse.
In this opinion piece, Beth Ellikidis of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization provides a blueprint for how to feed the growing planet amid climate change, increased frequency of drought and resource depletion.
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