food crisis

ADB plans RM62.4b in funding to ease food crisis in Asia

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to provide at least US$14 billion (RM62.39 billion) in funding through 2025 to ease…

2 years ago

Making South-East Asia a hub for supply chains

by ONG BO YANG IN A fast-changing world where global issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war and the…

2 years ago

Asean MPs urge for emergency summit to tackle food crisis

by NURUL SUHAIDI / pic by TMR FILE SOUTH-EAST Asian parliamentarians are urging economic ministers to hold an emergency summit to discuss…

2 years ago

Bigger food crisis can be averted if Asia remembers not to panic

THE world’s food problem is already severe as prices jump and protectionism flares but there’s a good chance governments can…

2 years ago

Moscow wants sanctions lifted to avoid food crisis, EU goes after Russian oligarchs

MOSCOW, Russia – International sanctions imposed on Moscow over its military campaign in Ukraine need to be lifted to avoid a…

2 years ago

The misunderstood Bernas and rice monopoly?

by AFIQ AZIZ / pic by BERNAMA In 2008, food prices spiked to unprecedented levels, sending shivers throughout the globe…

6 years ago