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World rice price index jumps to near 12-year high in July -FAO
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 11 months agoThe United Nations food agency's rice price index rose 2.8% in July from a month ago to their...
Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoSkyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. For scores of other bakers...
Popular Nigerian foods like jollof rice are getting more expensive — and it's forcing locals to...
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoAdeniyi Shoremi at Mile 12 International Market, one of the largest markets in Lagos, Nigeria.Fati...
India restricts rice exports, could fuel food inflation
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 years agoMUMBAI (Reuters) -India banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20% duty on exports of various...
Nigeria customs confirms deaths in stampede for discounted rice
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoThe Nigeria Customs Service has paused the sale of seized bags of rice to needy residents amid...
Analysis-Domino effect: India rice export ban puts market on edge for copycat curbs
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 11 months agoIndia's rice export ban has the world market bracing for similar actions by rival suppliers to avoid...
We're in a global food crisis that will wreak havoc on local economies and trigger civil unrest
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoCustomers browse vegetable stalls at the wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, July...
IMF Urges Nigeria to Immediately Address Growing Food Insecurity
Bloomberg via Yahoo News UK· 4 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s government must urgently address growing food insecurity, with almost one...
Africa's Biggest Economy Is Crumbling as Voters Pick New President
Bloomberg via Yahoo News UK· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- In Nigeria last year, 20 million children did not go to school, the currency hit an...
Climate and violence hobble Nigeria's push to rely on its own wheat after the hit from Russia's war
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoAbubakar Salisu was terrified when he discovered arid sand in the middle of his farmland, rendering...