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Bukit Jalil National Stadium (SNBJ) - BERNAMA

Bangladesh's tea garden workers protest in Srimangal on Aug 13, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Currently, Malaysia’s padi and rice output meets 70 percent of the nation’s requirements. - Bernama Photo

Mosti said among the technology solutions which could be introduced are automated fertigation system, vertical farming, aquaponics combined with AI which is capable of operating in remote areas and reduce the cost of operation through NLEP solar energy as a primary source of energy. Illustration photo: 123RF

Chief statistician Datuk Sri Mohd Uzir Mahidin says food inflation continued to rise to a new high at 5.2 per cent -- the highest since November 2011 -- with 93 per cent of items in the group recording increases. Bernama pic

Maybank Investment says several Asean net exporters benefit from higher food prices, but labour shortages are constraining them from fully capitalising.

The world is facing a cost-of-living crisis unseen in at least a generation, partly due to the Ukraine conflict, said a UN report. - Illustration photo

Patricia Espinosa addresses the Press Briefing (Embargoed until 30 May, 3pm EDT) on the Report of the High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. (Source: UN Photos)

S&P Global report says the situation is worsened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine causing fertiliser shortages, export controls, global trade disruption, and escalating fuel and transport costs behind rising prices.