World’s Food Crisis Gets Another Jolt From Rising Protectionism
A shopkeeper packages cooking oil at Kambing Market in Jakarta.
Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
Agricultural markets have been stunned this week by Indonesia’s chaotically delivered ban on cooking oil exports, marking an escalation in food protectionism due to fears of a food crisis.
Here’s more on that and a snapshot of the latest key food stories from around the world: