Fix food policy now or face health crisis, says economist

Dismissing scientific expertise delivering growing food crisis

In 2025, Kenya demonstrates why scientists plead for evidence-based pest control policies, as the country succumbs to misinformation with devastating consequences. Kenya’s politically motivated ban on eight pesticides is ravaging exports, slashing food production, and sparking Africa’s highest food price surge this year. The country follows Sri Lanka’s path toward famine and economic collapse, yet […]

Fix food policy now or face health crisis, says economist

Jomo Kwame Sundaram says Malaysia needs a national rethink of food, not just a sugar tax or corporate reformulation.