"I love my food spicy" is a common phrase around the world, and there are different types of peppers that could help satisfy this desire.

From everyday kitchen staples to luxury culinary ingredients, spices remain one of the most globally traded agricultural commodities, quietly underpinning food systems, cultural exchange, and export revenues across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Pumpkins may be most famous during Halloween and Thanksgiving, but the global pumpkin trade is now a serious agricultural business shaping export earnings for several countries.

Cotton is one of the world’s most familiar materials, worn daily and found in everything from shirts to bed sheets. But behind this comfort lies a high environmental cost, as producing just 1 kilogram of cotton requires about 10,000 litres of water.

Rising food prices, unpredictable weather, and shifting trade patterns are transforming the way countries grow and move food. In the middle of this change, frozen vegetables have quietly become one of the most dependable products in global trade.

Coconut may not grab headlines like crude oil or wheat, but the latest data shows it commands a power of its own, especially in tropical regions where it’s not just a crop, but a way of life.

In Southeast Asia, agriculture, forestry, and fishing remain foundational to national economies, contributing 8% to 16.6% of GDP in 2024, depending on the country, even as their shares have declined in recent years.

Latin America stands as a titan in global agriculture for its rich variety of commodities like coffee, soybeans, and avocados, as well as its increasing embrace of high-tech farming.

Every Thanksgiving, millions of American families gather around tables to celebrate the holiday, with turkey as the centrepiece of the feast. Behind this cherished tradition lies a massive agricultural effort concentrated in a handful of states that dominate the nation’s turkey production.