ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The chances of shock food price rises in import-dependent states are rising as the world's population grows and nations become more reliant on global markets, re

The international prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April and abundant inventories will offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global harvests expected this year

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a new law allowing individual EU countries to restrict or prohibit imported genetically modified crops even after they have been approved for use in fo

A slowing economy and tougher environmental checks to curb chronic air pollution problems are behind the 42% drop in imports

The EU plans to simplify the import approval process for controversial genetically modified foods and animal feed, allowing member states to decide whether to admit them or not, sources said Wednes

Many countries have banned the import of vegetables from India