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A mother breastfeeds her child who suffers acute malnutrition, at the clinic run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Aweil, northern Bahr al-Ghazal, South Sudan. By Albert Gonzalez Farran (AFP/File)

U.N. Declares Famine in South Sudan

by Mustafa Sirri | Feb 21, 2017 | World

London – South Sudan government and three U.N. agencies declared more than 100,000 people in two counties of unity state are experiencing famine. They said the disaster is the result of prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the...

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FAO Representative: $100 Billion Allocated to Face Climate Change

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Oct 9, 2016 | Business

Cairo- FAO Regional Representative for Near East and North Africa Abdessalam Ould Ahmed revealed that world organizations and institutions have allocated 100 billion dollars approximately to invest in agriculture and irrigation projects in countries most damaged by...

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Global Food Prices Post Biggest Rise for Four Years

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2016 | Business

Rome-The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO has said that global food commodity prices rose 4.2 per cent in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years. The FAO Food Price Index – a trade-weighted index tracking international market...

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People queue for subsidized bread in front of a bakery in Alexandria, in this June 2, 2013 file picture. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

Egypt has enough wheat to last 5 months, says official

by Sharif Yamani | Jul 12, 2013 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt, the world’s largest importer of wheat, has enough wheat stocks to meet domestic demand for the next five months, the vice chairman of the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) said yesterday. Speaking exclusively to Asharq...

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Picture of supermarket in Saudi Arabia. (Abdullah Al Muhsin)

Saudi authorities prepare for Ramadan price rises

by Fahd Baqmi and Salim Salman | Jun 19, 2013 | Business

Jeddah and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Consumer product wholesalers in Saudi Arabia fear a rise in the price index of foodstuffs, thanks to the expected increase in demand during the holy month of Ramadan. Prices in the consumer goods sector have risen 10% this year due...