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• [New] EIT Food is funding a single delivery partner to help oilseed rape farmers across the United Kingdom shift toward regenerative agriculture between 2026 and 2029. Impact Funding
• [New] Inflation in Peru's capital accelerated faster than expected in July as food and transport prices climbed, staying above the target range for a fifth straight month. financialpost
• [New] The U.S. Department of State announced a new two-year, $100 million partnership with Operation End Starvation to provide lifesaving nutrition assistance to children at risk of or suffering from severe acute malnutrition. George W. Bush Presidential Center
• [New] Disruptions to shipping in the Black Sea caused by Ukrainian attacks on dry cargo vessels and port infrastructure pose a direct threat to global food security. MarineLink
• [New] Roughly 80% of global merchandise trade by volume moves by sea, so chokepoint disruption can affect energy, food and consumer goods prices. CNBC
• [New] South East Queensland could become a leader in more localised and resilient food systems. Bond University
• [New] More than one-third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted, while the world's population is expected to exceed 9 billion in the coming decades. Siemens
• [New] The global population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, increasing fertilizer demand by nearly 50% to ensure food security. Persistence Market Research
• There is a need for transformational innovation within the existing food system to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 of ending hunger within a sustainable agricultural system by 2030. PubMed Central (PMC)
• The UNSDG2 aims to end hunger, and achieve food and nutrition security within a sustainable agricultural system by 2030. PubMed Central (PMC)
• World hunger and food insecurity are inextricably linked between social inequality and access to healthy food options; therefore, the key to replacing ASFs within the food system will be the availability and affordability of any alternative protein source. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Construction, food processing and the defence industrial base are among the markets A3 expects to drive robotics growth in 2026, reinforcing many of the conversations held at NGen's N3 Summit earlier in 2026. Design Engineering
• By 2050, the transformation of food systems towards healthy diets (adoption of the EAT-Lancet reference diet), improved productivity and halving of food waste results in a fundamental restructuring of global agriculture, aspects of which break with historical trends. Nature
• An EAT-Lancet diet achieved by 2050 alongside reductions in FLW and projected per capita incomes rising faster than food prices, could be less expensive globally on average than BAU projected diets and, in a similar vein, we find that (producer) prices would be lower relative to BAU projections. Nature
• The substantial relative reductions in production across livestock, sugar and cereals by 2050 in the transformed food system versus a BAU scenario suggest profound implications for the political economy of global food systems. Nature
• A new multi-institution study featuring researchers from the University of Washington finds that the global decline of insect pollinators poses a growing threat to human nutrition, health and livelihoods. Population Health
• Iran's attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz have put a stranglehold on exports of oil and raw materials for fertiliser, sending energy prices soaring and raising the risk of a food security crisis in some of the world's most vulnerable countries. Al Jazeera
• Recent progress is fragile, it warned, pointing to the potential for extreme weather and the conflict in the Middle East to further increase food inflation. Positive News
• The risks remain visible today: the Middle East conflict has left dozens of container ships stranded near the Strait of Hormuz, delaying shipments of food, fuel and vehicles and highlighting how quickly geopolitical shocks can ripple through global trade. Dare, HEC Media Hub

Last updated: 16 August 2026