Food prices rose 5.5% according to the Consumer Price Index for food. It was the largest single-year increase since 1990. Commodity speculators caused higher food prices in 2008 and 2009. As the global financial crisis pummeled stock market prices, investors fled to the commodities markets. As...
The industrialization of agriculture has led to an increasing dependence on non-locally sourced agricultural inputs. Hence, shocks in the availability of agricultural inputs can be devastating to food crop production. There is also a pressure to decrease
After an uptick in Q2, FDA-regulated food recalls took a dip in Q3 of 2023, while USDA recalls inched up. Recalls of USDA-regulated foods increased from 16 recalls in Q2 to 17 events in Q3, according to new data from Sedgwick Brand Protection, a company that monitors product recalls ...
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Who must increase their investments in plant breeding programs to improve nutrition-rich crops (other coarse cereals, legumes, vegetables, roots, tubers, fruits) to make them a viable alternative to maize, rice, and wheat (that now provide ∼42% of calories in the human diet), thus diversi...
The Consumer Price Index Continued its Slowdown in 2015: Energy was the Main Factor [Excerpt] Overall price change remained modest in 2015, as the U.S. All-Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) posted the second-lowest increase in 50 years. As in 2014, inflation was limited by declining energy...
Additionally, it could be deduced that an increase in effectiveness and efficiency ultimately improves the usefulness of the technology. Overall, an increase in perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use leads to the adoption of technology. It is evident from the results that the proposed design...
In this context, FI might be a risk factor for either unhealthy dietary habits, which in turn can be related to poor lung function or to increase the susceptibility to COPD of some ethnic groups. The present study has some limitations. The cross-sectional design of the NHANES survey prevents...
Global functional food market is projected to reach $237.8 billion by 2033 from valued at $172.6 billion in 2023, growing at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2024 to 2033.
The global frozen food market size was valued at USD 193.74 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% from 2024 to 2030.