Emiko Terazono

The UN’s World Food Programme has described 2022 as ‘a year of unprecedented hunger’, with millions of people in dozens of countries facing famine. Yet significant amounts of farmland are being used to produce not food, but so-called biofuels. But could the global food crisis change that?

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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Wild moves were seen after Russia’s invasion but while inflation remains high many have adjusted to the disruption

The UK government is planning to eliminate import tariffs on palm oil from Malaysia, a product blamed for widespread deforestation, as the price of joining an Asia-Pacific trade deal, according to people involved in the talks, prompting outrage from green campaigners. Britain is finalising entry terms to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an 11-member regional trade agreement, after two years of negotiations. Malaysia, one of the pact’s members, has successful…

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication