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    Food Banks are Early Warning Systems for Emerging Food Crises, But also a Key Solution

    Recent feedback from food bank leaders all over the world already echoes the reality ahead. Food banks are reporting decreases in product donations of...
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    Weathering a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Cascading Crises

    All countries must work together to curb rising food and energy prices that have been spurred on by the war in Ukraine, making sure...
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    Agri-business

    India Flip-Flops on Wheat Exports

    India announced plans in May to export 10 million tonnes of wheat, but the plans were soon scuttled over concerns about food security at...
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    At 7.79 Per Cent, India’s Retail Inflation Goes Through The Roof

    This is the highest inflation in eight yeats, but it isn't really a surprise – the RBI Governor had earlier said retail inflation was...
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    Accountability

    Red Cross Fund Document Takes Note of Civil Unrest in Sri Lanka

    The Red Cross aid document has called this a fund for civil unrest – though the grant document alludes to the unrest being a...
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    Accountability

    General Strike In Sri Lanka Today Demanding President Rajapaksa to Step Down

    A general strike, or hartal is underway across Sri Lanka since this morning. Shops have not opened since the morning and black flags have...
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    Accountability

    Political Storm Clouds Gather Over Pakistan

    Imran Khan was voted out of office after only three and a half years on 10 April 2022 by a vote of no confidence in parliament....
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    Accountability

    Years of Policy Failure and COVID Throw Sri Lanka Into Deep Crisis

    Sri Lanka is collapsing and its economy is at a tipping point. The country is witnessing one of the worst economic and political crises...
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    Bangladesh: Measles Outbreak Leaves Nine in 10 Families in Debt

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