Food security

Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food staple

A farmer harvests rice at a paddy field in Aceh province in Indonesia on April 2.

World Food Programme warns Lebanon facing food security crisis due to Iran war

Food is becoming increasingly unaffordable due to rising food prices and rising demand among displaced families in Lebanon.

India raises fertiliser subsidy as costs soar after Middle East war

A man harvests zucchini at a farm in Nashik, in the western state of Maharashtra, India, in January. The country's vast agriculture sector supports over 45 per cent of people in India.

IMF, World Bank and UN food agency say war is increasing food prices, insecurity

High fuel costs due to Iran war forcing Philippine farmers to abandon harvests

Farmers unload a basket of cabbages from a farm in Benguet province, in northern Philippines.

Chinese pigs fed new menu as Beijing weans farmers off US soya beans

Workers artificially inseminate sows at a pig farm in Taizhou on Jan 15. China is moving to deploy new technologies for and to promote fermented feed amid a trade stand-off with the US.

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack is found and towed to shore, TASS says

Rescued members of a dry cargo ship, which sank in the Sea of Azov, according to local authorities, are assisted on the coast of the Russian-controlled part of the Kherson region, Ukraine, in this picture released on April 5, 2026. Vladimir Saldo, leader of the Russian-controlled parts of Kherson region via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS

Field Notes from Kuala Lumpur

Malaysians quietly stockpile staples as energy crisis fuelled by Iran war tests Anwar

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim looking at essential goods being sold at the newly opened MADANI Mart grocery store in Indera Mahkota 8, Kuantan, on April 4.

UN chief launches task force to aid passage of fertiliser through Hormuz Strait

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

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