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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Talks continue to extend a deal to allow grain shipments from Ukraine's Black Sea ports ahead of a deadline later this week, the United Nations and Turkey said on Tuesday, after Kyiv rejected a Russian push for a reduced 60-day renewal. Since Russia and Ukraine signed the U.N.-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative in Turkey on July 22, millions of tonnes of grain and other food products have been exported from Ukrainian ports, helping to lower global food prices from record highs. After Russia on Monday suggested allowing the deal to be renewed for 60 days, half the term of the p...

By Josh Smith and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged government officials to engineer a fundamental transformation in agricultural production, state media reported on Tuesday, amid fears that the country's food shortage is worsening. Kim said hitting grain production targets this year was a top priority and emphasized the importance of stable agriculture production during the second day of the seventh enlarged plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on Monday, according to state news agency KCNA. The report did not elaborate on...

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Farmers in Argentina staged a protest in Santa Fe province on Tuesday to demand lower taxes and a better exchange rate for their exports, amid a prolonged economic slump and historic drought that has battered crops and agricultural output. Farmers are asking President Alberto Fernandez's government for less burdensome interventionist trade policies and the elimination of export taxes, as they suffer from the worst drought in 60 years. We've been warning that the situation for farmers is difficult with drought, with frost, said Carlos Achetoni, presi...

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hosted a summit in Kyiv on Saturday to promote its Grain from Ukraine initiative to export grain to countries most vulnerable to famine and drought. The Ukrainian leader said the plan demonstrated that global food security was not just empty words for Kyiv. The Kremlin has said Ukraine's Black Sea exports during the war have not been reaching the most vulnerable countries. Zelenskiy said Kyiv had raised around $150 million from more than 20 countries and the European Union to export grain to countries including Ethiopia, Sudan, South Suda...

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Pavel Polityuk ANKARA/KYIV (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger. Moscow announced the sudden reversal after Turkey and the United Nations helped keep Ukrainian grain flowing for several days without a Russian role in inspections. The Russian defence ministry justified the change by saying it had received guarantees from Kyiv not to use the Black Sea grain corridor for military operations against Ru...