Agriculture
Farmers across Europe are scaling back production as the war in Iran disrupts global energy and fertilizer supply chains, driving up costs during a critical planting season. Producers in Finland, Bulgaria, and across Ireland report mounting financial strain, with protests over fuel prices spreading as......
The war in Iran, now entering its second month, is fueling a worsening agricultural emergency across South Asia as disruptions to energy and fertilizer supply chains threaten food production in some of the world's most populous nations. Since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28,......
The war in Iran has sent shockwaves through an unexpected corner of global commodity markets: sugar. Since the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz in early March, world sugar markets have swung from multi-year lows to five-month highs, as the conflict pressures a key refining corridor and drives......
Turkey maintains its commanding lead in global fig production, accounting for more than 60 percent of the world's dried figs, primarily from its Aegean region where the prized Sarılop variety thrives. The country exported around 63,000 tons in the 2024-2025 season to over 100 nations, generating......
Russia's health authorities have reported the issuance of over 2,480 veterinary certificates for the export of products to Morocco last year. This placed Morocco as the ninth-largest trade partner for Moscow in this sector, according to a statement from the Russian Agricultural and Veterinary Surveillance......
