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Look out for change in price of Bacon as feedstuffs increase.

Food prices: 'Bread, coffee and fresh fruit have become a bit of a luxury' Affordability is now the key factor for grocery shoppers, with ethical considerations least important

Mobile phone services are improving agricultural yield and profits by providing farmers advice on crops, weather and market prices

On Wednesday 24 April 2013 a building complex collapsed on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The building was home to a large garment factory making clothes for western retailers such as Primark.

UN warns of looming worldwide food crisis in 2013 * Global grain reserves hit critically low levels * Extreme weather means climate 'is no longer reliable' * Rising food prices threaten disaster and unrest

The index has been developed by the risk analysis company Maplecroft for governments, NGOs and business to use as a barometer to identify those countries which may be susceptible to famine and societal unrest stemming from food shortages and price fluctuations. This map shows the results of evaluating the availability, access and stability of food supplies in 197 countries, as well as the nutritional and health status of populations

"Millions of Brits drink a cup of Assam tea each day, but it comes at a terrible price. Plantation workers on 12p an hour are easy prey for traffickers who lure away their daughters to India's cities. Now pressure is growing on big tea brands to safeguard better pay"

"The chairman of the IPCC warns that the only way to reduce large-scale fossil-fuel use is to 'price' carbon emissions"

"After six years of negotiations, Apple has reached a multiyear deal with China Mobile, China's largest wireless carrier, to sell the tech giant's flagship iPhone device in that country. The partnership, which was expected, gives Apple much greater access to the world's largest mobile market, with an estimated 1.2 billion users. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, and iPhone pricing details will be released at a later date. China Mobile is the world's largest wireless carrier with 760 million subscribers."