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Inflation-adjusted, household food spending fell at a record 10% year-on-year in April, to its lowest level since March 2009, data from the statistical agency INSEE showed on Wednesday. This follows a nearly 16 percent annual rise in food prices - another record - in March. The rate fell back in May, but only to a killer 14% for appetite. “I choose the cheapest products, discounted products, or ob...

The conference participants set themselves the task of considering the problem of global food security from different angles and discussing breakthrough technologies and alternative food sources that scientists around the world are already developing today. The Executive Director , member of the board of directors of the Efko Group of Companies, Sergey Ivanov, in his speech emphasized that the pro...

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UK Treasury Secretary Jeremy Hunt plans to raise concerns about rising food prices and discuss ways to ease the burden on families during a meeting with food producers. “The rise in food prices has been very resilient, so we need to understand what is causing it,” Hunt said in a statement released by the Treasury Department on Monday. His meeting comes just weeks after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak h...

May 12, Minsk . Belarus plans to export food to the markets of various countries of the African continent. This was stated to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats, BelTA has learned. "Zimbabwe is a new market for us. Today we are taking the first steps and starting cooperation with our partner. I note that cooperation with Africa does not end with Zimbabwe. More than 1 billion people...

Food inflation has hit a record 15% in recent months and the government is unhappy with retail prices remaining high despite declining commodity prices. Le Maire said the food industry was making big profits and that it should resume annual negotiations with retailers and lower their prices. “If someday the food industry doesn’t return to negotiations… we will use every measure at our disposal, in...

The FAO Food Price Index stood at 127.2 in April 2023, up 0.6% from March. The highest growth was recorded for sugar - the FAO index increased by 17.6% compared to March and reached its highest level since October 2011. The reason was a decrease in production in India, China, Thailand and the European Union, caused by dry weather, as well as a slow start to the sugar cane harvest in Brazil. Along ...

He explained that this measure should be taken immediately as part of food security, given the recent problems with grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine. Recall that Poland was one of the most affected by the uncontrolled import of Ukrainian agricultural products, along with Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. These are cereal grains, as well as oilseeds, flour , eggs , pasta, p...

“The number of people who are severely food insecure and in need of urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth year in a row in 2022, with more than a quarter of a billion people facing acute hunger and people in seven countries on the brink of starvation ", the document says. According to the report of the Global Network to Combat Food Crises (GNAFC), an internation...

In the outgoing week, passions raged around the decision of Poland and a number of other EU countries to impose a ban on agricultural products from Ukraine. The media suggested that restrictions on Ukrainian food were testing the feasibility of Kyiv's bid for EU membership. Meanwhile, the NATO Secretary General paid an unscheduled visit to Kyiv, during which he outlined the prospects for Ukraine i...

Poland, as well as Hungary and Slovakia, imposed restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products a few days ago.Following the results of negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation, Warsaw unblocked the transit of Ukrainian grain through its territory Ukraine and Poland agreed to unblock the transit of Ukrainian grain through Polish territory. This was announced by First Deputy Prime ...

The Cereal Price Index was down 5.6% from February, with global wheat prices down 7.1%, driven by high production in Australia, improved planting conditions in the EU, strong supplies from Russia and continued exports from Ukraine, the report says. World prices for corn decreased by 4.6%, for rice - by 3.2%. The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index was on average 3% lower than the previous month and 47.7...

The concept of technological development of Russia until 2030 includes 18 areas, including the development of AI, quantum communications,hydrogen energy and promising materials and substances The government has formed a list of important areas of Russia's technological development until 2030: it includes ten "end-to-end technologies" and eight areas of industrial development. Kommersant was inform...

Yuliya Abukhovich Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economic Theory and Marketing of the Belarusian State Technological University For Belarus in foreign trade, strategic partnership with Russia and China is now a priority. The markets of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America are also relevant. This was emphasized by the President in his Address to the Belarusian people and the National ...

Andrei Pilipuk Director of the Institute for System Research in the Agroindustrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Doctor of Economics, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus The topic of food security remains at the top of world news. Which involuntarily draws increased attention to the issue of food supply in Belarus. It happens that...

Andrei Pilipuk Director of the Institute for System Research in the Agroindustrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Doctor of Economics, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus The topic of food security remains at the top of world news. Which involuntarily draws increased attention to the issue of food supply in Belarus. It happens that...

For almost a year, world food prices have been falling after a peak in March 2022, against the backdrop of the start of a special operation in Ukraine. The UN calls for an extension of the deal on the export of grain from Ukraine to contain prices, but Russiadissatisfied with its implementation On March 18, the so-called grain deal concluded in July 2......

and Xi Jinping During the meeting between President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of China Xi Jinping Alexander Lukashenko and Xi JinpingDuring the meeting between President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of China Xi Jinping Alexander Lukashenko and Xi Jinping 12 March 2, Minsk. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko paid a state visit to the People's Republic of ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced that in order to expand the sources of supply of beef to the Mexican market and have a positive impact on price containment, the National Service for Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) issued a list of veterinary requirements for the import of boneless and mature meat on January 1......

Petelinka chicken brand won 11 gold medals at the Best Product competition held as part of the 30th international exhibition Prodexpo. They noted chilled fillet without skin, chicken balls from breast fillet, rump steak from thigh fillet and breast fillet, Mexican fillet in churasco sauce, drumstick in spicy sauce, chopped chicken schnitzel from breast fillet, grilled sausages with cheese, wing ( ...

Although the cost of energy has come down, the meat industry has experienced a slowdown in production growth along with high inflation, and access to credit remains difficult. Group President Javier Dueñas moderated the meeting, which began with a review of the Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste, which is reported to add €5,......

In 2022, meat consumption per capita hit a record - 79 kg per person. The record was provided, in particular, by cheaper pork - on average, a Russian ate more of it in a year, Meat consumption in Russia in 2022 increased by 2.3% compared to 2021 and reached a record high for at least the last ten years - 79 kg per person per year. This follows from the presentation of the National Union of Pig Bre...

Pavel Shvedko Head of the Sector of the Economy of Foreign Countries of the Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus At the invitation of the leadership of the United Arab Emirates and the President of Zimbabwe, the head of the Belarusian state , Alexander Lukashenko , paid a state visit to these countries and held a number of fruitful meetings and negotiations. Agreem...

According to the organization, the January decline was mainly due to falling prices for vegetable oils (-2.9%), dairy products (-1.4%) and sugar (-1.1%). Grain prices rose by 0.1%. World corn prices rose slightly on strong export demand for Brazilian corn and fears of dry conditions in Argentina. FAO expects total cereal production in 2......

In December 2022, in relation to the level of a year ago, an increase in food prices of more than 25% is observed in 13 products, more than 10% in 85 products. It should be noted that inflation in the country for the year (if we compare December 2021 and December 2022), according to the inflation calculator on the level-inflation.rf website, amounted to 12.84%. Price growth above the inflation rat...

Irina Kaltovich Head of the Sector for Comprehensive Research of Meat Products at the Institute of Meat and Dairy Industry Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Belarusian scientists do not stop developing the latest products to provide the domestic market with demanded and high-quality food. Products for the recovery and prevention of diseases have recently gained popularity, in ad...

Irina Kaltovich Head of the Sector for Comprehensive Research of Meat Products at the Institute of the Meat and Dairy Industry Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor Belarusian scientists do not stop developing the latest products to provide the domestic market with demanded and high-quality food. Products for the recovery and prevention of diseases have recently gained popularity, i...

January 2, Minsk. The Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs is planning to introduce a system of food stamps for low-income citizens. The cards will be credited with certain amounts of money with which they can buy food of their choice. This is reported with reference to the head of the crisis preparedness department of the ministry, Thea Varrak. Now help to the poor is provided through the Food Ban...

The list of socially significant products requires revision, according to the RANEPA. The share of such products in the expenses of Russians is small, The government's actions to limit prices for socially important products have a positive result, mainly in terms of the psychological effect for consumers, and the list itself needs to be revised. Such conclusions are contained in a study of the sta...

December 8, Bishkek. Belarus creates production of elevators and transformers in Kyrgyzstan. Andrey Strachko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kyrgyzstan, told journalists about this, BelTA has learned. The diplomat noted that Kyrgyzstan is a traditional partner of Belarus in the Central Asian region. Last year, the trade turnover between the countries reached almost $1.....