The family basket of food in Venezuela, calculated for a household of five people, increased 5.7% in November compared to October, according to calculations by the Center for Documentation and Social Analysis of the Venezuelan Federation of Teachers (Cendas-FVM), released this Thursday. This independent entity noted that, in November, a family needed US$522.01 to cover […]
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Despite less poverty, there are 181 million without resources for basic needs
Although Latin America and the Caribbean poverty and extreme poverty fell to pre-pandemic levels, 181 million people lack sufficient resources to cover their basic needs, the ECLAC. The Economic Commission for Latin America indicated in its report “Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023” that the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product […]
Scientists show how to make lunar soil fertile for agriculture
If the humanity establishes long-term foundations in the Moon, you will need a regular source of food. However, it is not practical to think that you can plant corn either wheat in greenhouses on flat lunar soil on the Moon and expect a bountiful harvest, or none at all. But scientists are taking steps to […]
USA: More packets of pureed food for children recalled due to lead poisoning
The authorities of health of USA expanded an investigation into packages of applesauce and cinnamon that could be contaminated with lead and are promoted for consumption by children, amid reports of more poisonings and additional product recalls. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday that it received reports of seven cases of poisoning […]
Anti-obesity drugs may boost food companies
Rising demand for anti-obesity drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy offers opportunities for drug makers. food and the market’s initially pessimistic reaction could be overblown, investors said. When Walmart said this month that it saw a slight decline in food consumption when people took the drug, it sparked a sell-off in shares of companies such as […]
Prices refuse to fall in the US and inflation stagnates in September at 3.7%
The inflation rate in the United States refuses to fall, for the third consecutive month, and remained stable in September, at 3.7%, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this Thursday. This stagnation occurs after prices rose two and five tenths in August and September, respectively, after a previous one-year streak of declines. […]
Price of lemon is around S/9 per kilogram wholesale
The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) reported that this Monday, October 2, 2023, it began with the lemon price at S/9 per kilogram in the wholesale market, while the food supply recorded the entry of more than 8,000 tons of products including legumes, tubers, fruits and vegetables. In the case of Great Wholesale […]
Annual inflation fell to 5.04%, its lowest level in 25 months
Annualized inflation in Metropolitan Lima as of September reached 5.04%, the lowest in 25 months, after advancing only 0.02% in that month. While the accumulated figure so far in 2023 was 3.32%. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the slight advance in the ninth month of the year was driven by […]
The paradox of food in Colombia: waste with hunger
In Colombia 9.7 million tons of food are lost annually, while almost a third of households live in food insecurity serious or moderate, a paradox vindicated this Friday on the occasion of the “International day of awareness about food loss and waste.” “With the food we throw away in Colombia every year we could feed […]
Food prices continue to rise under the pressure of climate change
How do you prepare food when a basic ingredient is too expensive? This question is being asked in homes around the world in the face of shortages of basic foods such as rice, oil kitchen and onions. That’s because some countries have introduced restrictions on the food they export to protect their own supplies from […]