2024 staple food supplies to be strained by dry weather, export curbs

SINGAPORE: High food prices in recent years have prompted farmers worldwide to plant more cereals and oilseeds, but consumers are set to face tighter supplies well into 2024, amid adverse El Nino weather, export restrictions and higher biofuel mandates.

Global wheat , corn and soybean prices – after several years of strong gains – are headed for losses in 2023 on easing Black Sea…