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Coronavirus Brews Trouble For Tea, Disrupts Supply As Demand Spikes

The COVID-19 outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown d...

South Africa To Reopen Agriculture Sector, Allow More Manufacturing, Retail

South Africa plans to reopen its agriculture sector and allow some manufacturing and retail to resume as the country balances the need to restart economic...

G20 Agriculture Ministers Say Coronavirus Measures Should Not Disrupt Food Supply

Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 countries have agreed at a virtual meeting that emergency measures to stop the spread of the new corona...

Brazil Expects Food Price Swings Due to Coronavirus Outbreak, Says Official

Brazil is likely to face a period of large swings in food prices driven by the coronavirus outbreak and the government is planning support measures for far...

Coffee Importers Stockpiling On Fears Over Coronavirus Lockdowns

Coffee importers in some of the largest consuming countries are stockpiling, bringing forward orders by up to a month to avoid shortages if supply chains a...

Farmers Urge EU To Keep Open Market To Ensure Food Supplies

The European Union needs to keep its single market open despite the coronavirus epidemic if it wants to guarantee food supplies for its consumers, Europe's...

Why Shoppers Need To Stop Panic Buying - A Professor's View

Amidst reports of panic buying in stores, as well as the introduction of quotas on certain product segments, a leading professor in supply chain strategy h...

Global Supply Chain Disruptions From Coronavirus Will Pressure China's Trade

China said on Thursday that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global supply chains will pressure Chinese exporters and importers as they look to pi...