January 8, 2024 | Food

FAO Food Price Index declines by 13.7% in 2023

The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices ends 2023 about 10 per cent below its year-earlier level The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to…

January 5, 2024 | Company News

Saudi Fund inaugurates Arkiz Project in support of water and food security

The Arkiz Agricultural Project aims to enhance water and food security in the country and contribute towards developing a key developmental sector In the presence of the President of the…

January 5, 2024 | Food

Small fish a small solution to big problems

The new FAO paper ‘Small fish for food security and nutrition’ makes a compelling case that food insecurity and poverty can also be addressed through the harvesting and production of…

January 5, 2024 | Ingredients

Standard Chartered and BASA Foundation collaborate to foster apiculture in Bangladesh

The project will focus on enhancing the marketability of honey products by providing access to certification and forward market linkages Standard Chartered Bangladesh and BASA Foundation are collaborating to foster…

January 2, 2024 | Policy and Regulatory

Philippine’s local food producers urge to put up digital agri-food database

Easy access to crucial information will guide poultry farm managers in setting production targets that accurately reflect prevailing consumer demand Philippine’s local food producers have urged the National Economic and…

January 2, 2024 | Company News

MAFI unveils $300 Mn agri-food industrial complex in Egypt

Comprising five state-of-the-art plants, the complex is set to become a beacon of innovation and productivity Egypt’s entrepreneur Ahmed Abou Hashima has revealed plans for a groundbreaking agri-food industrial complex, set to…

January 1, 2024 | Sustainability

Global cumulative production of fishmeal and fish oil remains down

China’s slow economic recovery impacting fishmeal and fish oil consumption Cumulative total fishmeal production during the first ten months of 2023 was down by approximately 22 per cent compared to the cumulative…

December 26, 2023 | Middle East

KSrelief distributes 500 food baskets in Somalia

The project is part of the emergency intervention initiative presented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) yesterday distributed 500 food baskets…

December 21, 2023 | New Zealand

New Zealand Food Safety issues shellfish biotoxin alert

Affected shellfish include bivalve shellfish such as mussels, oysters, tuatua, pipi, toheroa, cockles and scallops, as well as pūpū (cat’s eyes), Cook’s turban, and kina (sea urchin) New Zealand Food…

December 19, 2023 | Australia

Australian fisheries and aquaculture thrive in 2022

In 2021-22, Australians consumed around 350,000 tonnes of seafood in 2021-22, equivalent to 13.8 kilograms per person Aquaculture has had another successful year within the Australian seafood industry, according to…