World food price index rise 5% year-on-year in September

Torri Donley

ROME (Reuters) – World food prices rose for a fourth month running in September, led by strong increases for cereals and vegetable oils, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. © Reuters/Ilya Naymushin File photo of wheat seen during sunset in a field of Solgonskoye farming company in village […]

Kenya Key Message Update: The long rains harvest improves rural food security, but urban food insecurity persists, September 2020 – Kenya

Torri Donley

Across the country, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes continue across most pastoral and marginal agricultural areas, with Minimal (IPC Phase 1) outcomes in areas with high crop and livestock production. In the previously flooded riverine zones of Tana River and Mandera, and the informal settlements of major cities, Crisis (IPC […]