Sanctions on Russia, bad weather, and export cuts have fueled a severe fertilizer shortage that has farmers scrambling to keep the world fed. Think the global fertilizer shortage is someone else’s problem? Take a look in the mirror. If you are reading this in North America, Europe, Latin America, or Asia, chances are that […]
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The statement noted that a decision by Canada would immensely benefit the Indian farmers growing these crops and would also enhance India’s agricultural export earnings. India will soon commence exports of banana and baby corn to Canada, after market access had been approved. According to a statement by the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare […]
Bitcoin Magazine reports: Ryan Peterson, CEO of Flexport, a global supply-chain logistics company that focuses on connecting the entire global trade ecosystem, tweeted to the world that bitcoin sits securely on their balance sheet. When asked what percentage of their $1.6 billion balance sheet was in bitcoin, Peterson responded, “We don’t disclose that, but it’s not […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began yesterday, would appear to be driven as much by Vladimir Putin’s paranoid delusion and ultra-nationalist ideology as anything else. But Ukraine is also blessed with strategic economic assets that will likely have served as secondary considerations for the Kremlin – not least food and agriculture. Ukraine is a major […]
Las exportaciones ecuatorianas a Rusia, Ucrania y otros países de la zona Euroasiática representan cerca de USD 1.200 millones al año, según el Banco Central. Una semana después de que Rusia invadiera a Ucrania, Ecuador comienza ya a sentir las consecuencias económicas del conflicto. Retrasos en pagos a los exportadores, pérdidas de mercadería y encarecimiento […]
La mañana de este jueves 24 de febrero el mundo amaneció consternado ante las imágenes que evidencian el conflicto armado entre la nación euro oriental y el gigante euro asiático, un conflicto que comenzó hace poco más de ocho años pero que se ha arreciado en las últimas semanas. Ecuador no escapa a las afectaciones […]
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Plenty Unlimited Inc., an indoor, vertical farming technology company that can grow clean produce year-round, anywhere in the world, today announced it has secured $400 million in a Series E financing round, the largest investment to date for an indoor farming company. The round, led by new investors One Madison Group […]
Prices have gone up at their fastest rate in nearly 30 years – but there is worse to come, experts have warned. Soaring food costs and the energy bill crisis drove inflation to 5.4% in the 12 months to December, up from 5.1% the month before, in another blow to struggling families. The last time […]
Farmers in the developing world say they are curtailing production, which means global hunger could worsen. From South America’s avocado, corn and coffee farms to Southeast Asia’s plantations of coconuts and oil palms, high fertilizer prices are weighing on farmers across the developing world, making it much costlier to cultivate and forcing many to cut […]
So far, China has been able to keep up with consumer demand. That may be about to change as omicron moves across the country. From the way people have worried about it, you might think that the world’s value chains have been in turmoil for much of the past two years. Searches for the term “supply chain” […]
