Food security

Doctors Without Borders charity says Israel has ‘manufactured malnutrition crisis’ in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders called on the Israeli authorities to allow the unhindered entry of assistance and supplies into Gaza.

‘Super El Nino’ raises fears for Asia reeling from Middle East conflict

Strong El Nino conditions could spike energy demand, sap hydropower and damage crops.

German fertiliser makers and farmers struggle with Iran war fallout

Wittenberg, better known to many as a cradle of the Protestant Reformation, is also home to a chemical plant founded in 1915, in the midst of World War I.

‘Singapore is a real priority for New Zealand’: PM Luxon committed to supplying food to Singapore

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon discusses fuel and food security during an exclusive interview with The Straits Times at his office in the Beehive, Wellington, on April 29, ahead of his official visit to Singapore on May 3.

From surplus to strain: Global rice supply threatened by Iran war, El Nino

FILE PHOTO: A worker cultivates rice plants at a farm in Bangkok, Thailand, August 28, 2018. Picture taken August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

More than 1 million in Lebanon expected to face acute food insecurity, hunger monitor says

FILE PHOTO: Farmer Abu Hassan Issa holds a zucchini and other produce on a field in front of his house, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in the village Ras El Ain, near Tyre, southern Lebanon, April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo

Over 1.2 million people in Lebanon seen to face acute hunger due to war: Report

Displaced residents share a meal as they take shelter in a local school after fleeing their homes in southern Lebanon, following Israeli airstrikes, in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 29, 2026.

Ukraine says Israeli buying of ‘stolen’ grain from Russia not ‘legitimate’

A farmer operates a combine during the start of the wheat harvesting campaign in a field near the town of Starobilsk (Starobelsk) in the Luhansk Region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Thai and Vietnamese farmers may stop planting rice because of the Iran war. Here's why

Sacks of rice being prepared for transport in My Thanh, Vietnam, on March 26.

War, drought, aid shortfall to fuel hunger in 2026, global report says

FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese orphaned child refugee from al-Fashir eats a free meal provided by the ?Group Kitchen Project? inside the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad, amid the conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

E-paper

Newsletters

Podcasts

RSS Feed

About Us

Terms & Conditions

Personal Data Protection Notice

Need help? Reach us here.

Advertise with us

MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.