After at least 29 countries sharply curbed their food exports, impoverished importing countries are finding it more difficult to afford the food they need.

India’s supply of arable land is second only to that of the U.S., but it must buy some foods on international markets, exacerbating a global food crisis.

India’s supply of arable land is second only to that of the U.S., but it must buy some foods on international markets, exacerbating a global food crisis.

India’s supply of arable land is second only to that of the U.S., but when it comes to agriculture it must turn to international markets, exacerbating a global food crisis.

As the world clamors for more corn, wheat, soybeans and rice, farmers are trying to meet the challenge. But evidence suggests harvests will be average at best.

Japan says it wants to send at least 220,000 tons of rice to the Philippines, and possibly Africa to help the poor. But critics are pointing to a trade issue.

Cuts in agricultural research continue even as the growth of the global food supply slows and the population increases.

Cuts in agricultural research continue even as the growth of the global food supply slows and the population increases.

The budgets of institutions that delivered the world from famine in the 1970s have stagnated or fallen, even as the problems they were trying to solve became harder.

The Thai government announced it would try to create a cartel of rice-producing countries in partnership with Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos.