Canadian agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the food supply chain, sustainable agriculture, innovation and open trade were all on the agenda.
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Supply management bill divides MPs as vote looms
The Conservative shadow minister for agriculture says differing messages coming out of two standing committees last week do not show division within the party over supply management. The agriculture committee issued its report following its study of global food security, which included a recommendation to protect the supply management system. At the international trade committee, […] Read more

WTO urges countries to limit food export curbs
Organization predicts global trade slowdown and warns about food insecurity, inflation and tightened monetary policy
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) — The World Trade Organization raised its forecast for global trade growth this year, but still predicted a slowdown and warned of risks from the Ukraine war, geopolitical tensions, food insecurity, inflation and monetary policy tightening. The Geneva-based trade body said on April 5 that merchandise trade volumes would increase by a […] Read more
Inflation blamed for increasing food insecurity
Use at Saskatchewan’s 36 food banks climbed in 2022, largely because of the rising costs of food, fuel and housing
Inflation is forcing more full-time workers to food banks. Neil Hetherington, chief executive officer of the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto, said the organization in Canada’s largest city used to see 65,000 people each month. During the pandemic, that boomed to 120,000. “Today, we are now seeing 270,000 client visits per month,” he said […] Read more
‘Dangerous’ drought threatens food security in Tunisia
Wheat growers alarmed as rainfall plummets to one-fifth of normal and government limits water supply to some farms
SILIANA, Tunisia (Reuters) — Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country’s battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses. Since September only 110 million cubic metres of rain have fallen in Tunisia, about a fifth of […] Read more
G20 ag ministers support Ukraine
Agriculture ministers from G20 countries meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in late September repeated their condemnation of the war in Ukraine and its effects on food security. Canadian minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the country is steadfast in its support of Ukraine and Ukrainians. “Canada joined other G20 members in our condemnation of Russia’s brutal invasion of […] Read more

Global food security warning issued
Canadians are complaining about escalating food costs but seem unaware the world is heading for a food security crisis, said food distribution expert Sylvain Charlebois. In testimony to the House of Commons finance committee last week, the head of the Agri-Food Analytics Laboratory at Dalhousie University said food inflation in Canada is running about 10 […] Read more

Ag requires more than emission cuts
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the global food supply was under strain. Climate change, supply chain disruption and increasing demand were all driving up food prices. Then the invasion made a bad situation much worse. Therefore, the need for the food system to deliver on its full food security, economic and environmental outcomes may never […] Read more

Food security grabs world’s attention
Global food security is at risk from the war in Ukraine because the food system was already in trouble, said a panel discussing the Russian invasion. Ted Bilyea, distinguished policy fellow at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, said the war is exacerbating existing issues. Before the invasion, global food prices in the United Nation’s Food […] Read more

G7 ag ministers condemn invasion of Ukraine
The G7 agriculture ministers, along with the agriculture commissioner for the European Union, the Ukrainian minister and several international food and agricultural organizations, today condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We are all appalled by and condemn the large-scale aggression by the Russian Federation against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, enabled by […] Read more