Food Prices

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that the surging food prices in Nigeria and other countries, which is attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, could last until the year 2023. The world lender disclosed this…

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned that the conflict between Russia-Ukraine will have severe trade implications on agriculture and energy prices. The Director-General of the World Trade Organization and…

A commercial maize farmer in Benue State, Tarnongo Viralis has said that insecurity is fueling high cost of food because most of the farmers in the north are now living in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. Viralis said for the…

A report by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has revealed that the world food prices fell slightly in December as international prices for vegetable oils and sugar fell significantly from lofty levels. …

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, has said the federal government is doing everything possible to bring up stimulus that will cause a reduction in food prices. There has been a steady rise in the…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has disclosed that global food trade has accelerated and is poised to hit an all-time record in both volume and value terms in 2021. According to the organisation, while…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the prices of some food items in Nigeria increased in September. This is coming despite the country’s headline inflation slowing in the last sixth months. Inflation indicators compare…

The Executive Director/ Chief Executive of Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Dr. Olufemi Oladunni, has proffered solutions to the hike in prices of food stuff and other food items across the…

Global food commodity prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate to their highest value since September 2011, led by oils, sugar and cereals, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has said. Details of…

This Ramadan, the pleas reaching the Lebanese Food Bank have taken on a new resonance. Among the emails and calls it receives each day, an increasing number are coming from “educated people, people who used to be in the middle class,”…