Further food price rises could cause up to one million additional deaths in 2023
Food prices in the U.K. are at their highest for 15 years and something similar is happening in almost every country around the world.
Food prices in the U.K. are at their highest for 15 years and something similar is happening in almost every country around the world.
Economics & Business
Feb 7, 2023
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Consumer sentiment lifted for the second straight month in January, rising 9% above December but remaining about 3% below a year ago, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.
Economics & Business
Jan 27, 2023
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Food is a hot issue in today's activism. Last year, UK climate group Just Stop Oil hurled tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Later they smeared cake on a Madame Tussauds waxwork ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2023
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High fertilizer prices could put an additional 100 million people at risk of undernourishment, a study suggests.
Economics & Business
Dec 23, 2022
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The House on Wednesday approved and sent to the Senate a measure aimed at preventing a national rail strike from crippling the U.S. economy during the holiday season.
Economics & Business
Dec 1, 2022
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A new report written by Heriot-Watt University for Aberlour Children's Charity reveals that low-income families are facing high levels of debt to public bodies. The report shows that more than half of families (55%) with ...
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2022
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UK households, like those in many other countries, are struggling to make ends meet. More than half of households have only £2.66 per week left after paying for bills and essentials, according to figures from the supermarket ...
Economics & Business
Nov 29, 2022
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A plant-based diet could improve the resilience of our food system. Moving to such a diet in the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (U.K.) alone could replace almost all the production losses from Russia and Ukraine. ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2022
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The principal of the Ganthalawa school in the rural village of Kanthale, Sri Lanka, received an unusual request from a female student—she wanted to change her class because her classmate had stopped sharing meals with her ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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Kenya recently lifted a ban on the cultivation and importation of genetically modified crops amid the worst drought in 40 years and soaring food prices. This includes white maize, the country's main staple. The decision was ...
Agriculture
Oct 27, 2022
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