Global food security at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit most vulnerable
Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.
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Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.
Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertilizer prices and a yearslong drought in the Horn of Africa that …
Francis Ndege isn’t sure if his customers in Africa’s largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertilizer prices and…
Asian countries, where 90% of the world's rice is grown and eaten, are struggling with production. The Philippines was carefully managing water in anticipation of less rain amid the El Nino when Typhoon Doksuri battered its northern rice-producing region, damaging $32 million worth of rice crops - an estimated 22% of its annual production.
Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.