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World cereal production set to jump 8 percent this year
The outlook for global cereal supply in the 2013/14 marketing season remains generally favourable despite downward adjustments to forecasts for world cereal production and closing stocks, according to the latest issue of FAO's quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. Despite this downward adjustment, world cereal production would still surpass the 2012 level by nearly 8 percent. ...
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World cereal production set to reach historic high in 2013
World total cereal production is forecast to increase by about 7 percent in 2013 compared to last year, helping to replenish global inventories and raise expectations for more stable markets in 2013/14, according to the latest issue of FAO's quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. The increase would bring world cereal production to 2 479 million tonnes, a new record level. FAO now ...
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FAO Food Price Index falls despite climbing dairy prices
The FAO Food Price Index fell in January for the first time in 3 months as lower prices of cereals, sugars, oils and meat outstripped gains in dairy values. The Index, based on the prices of a basket of internationally traded food commodities, averaged 203.4 points in January 2014, down 1.3 percent from December and 4.4 percent below January last year. "We're seeing lower prices due to abundant ...
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Large increase in 2013 world cereal output expected
World cereal production will reach a new high of almost 2 500 million tonnes, including rice in milled terms, according to new FAO estimates. The figure is almost 8.4 percent more than last year and some 6 percent above the previous record in 2011, according to the latest issue of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report. While global cereal production is expected to increase, FAO warned ...
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Food prices fall in November amid robust global inventories
Major food commodity prices fell in November, reversing about half their rise in the previous month, as the cost of internationally-traded staples, except for sugar, fell across the board. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 156.7 points in November, down 1.6 percent from its revised October average, and 18 percent below its value a year earlier. The FAO Cereal Price Index fell 2.3 percent, with ...
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Weather extremes slash cereal yields
Climate change may have already begun to take its toll of agriculture. New research suggests that drought and extreme heat in the last 50 years have reduced cereal production by up to 10%. And, for once, developed nations may have sustained greater losses than developing nations. Researchers have been warning for years that global warming as a consequence of rising levels of carbon dioxide in ...
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CSIRO and Bayer to focus on sustainable crops
This collaboration will develop and apply models to assess the system-wide consequences of new-generation cereal crops in the face of global environmental and food security challenges. The project will assess the full environmental impact of the crops, including their influence on the carbon footprint of cereal production. This program will build on a long-term cereal research agreement between ...
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Global food prices continue to drop
The FAO Food Price Index dropped for the fourth month in a row in August reaching its lowest level since June 2012. The index, which measures the monthly change in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 201.8 points in August 2013, nearly 4 points (1.9 percent) below its July value and 11 points (or 5.1 percent) less than in August 2012. Last month's decline was ...
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EU approval for SOLATENOL fungicide
Delivers outstanding control of major European cereal diseases Basis for many new combination products Expected first sales in France for 2016/2017 season Syngenta announced today that its SDHI fungicide SOLATENOL has been approved by the EU authorities. This registration will allow Syngenta to introduce a number of new offers for the European cereal market. First sales of ...
By Syngenta
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FAO food price index declines in January, cereal output poised for record
The FAO Food Price Index continued to decline in January, averaging 182.7 points for the month, or 1.9 percent below its December 2014 level. Lower prices reflect strong production expectations as FAO also raised its 2014 forecast for world cereal production to a record high and noted that early indications for crops in 2015 are favourable. The index has been on a downward path since April ...
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European and Mediterranean experts from over 12 countries meet at IAMZ for advanced course on mycotoxins in cereals for food and feed
IAMZ-CIHEAM organised an advanced course on prevention and control strategies to minimize contamination from mycotoxins in cereal food and feed chains from 22-26 January 2018 Mycotoxins are major contaminants that can affect both cereals and their by-products and, for this reason the EU has strict legislative limits in place to minimize consumer exposure to these mycotoxins in food. The term ...
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FAO Food Price Index sees sharpest rise in months
Weather-related events and increased demand came into play as the FAO Food Price Index registered its sharpest increase since mid-2012, averaging 208.1 points in February 2014. The new level is 5.2 points, or 2.6 percent, above a slightly revised index for January, but is still 2.1 percent lower than last year at the same time. The figures were released amid news reports of spikes in wheat and ...
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FAO Food Price Index steady in February, palm oil rises
The FAO Food Price Index was stable in February, as falling sugar and dairy prices offset a substantial jump in vegetable oil prices from the previous month. Averaging 150.2 points for the month, the FAO Food Price Index was virtually unchanged from a revised 150.0 points in January and down 14.5 percent from a year ago. FAO also issued its first forecast for the world's 2016 wheat harvest, ...
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Number of hungry people rises to 963 million - FAO
Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, according to preliminary estimates published by FAO today. This brings the overall number of undernourished people in the world to 963 million, compared to 923 million in 2007 and the ongoing financial and economic crisis could tip even more people into hunger and poverty, FAO warned. 'World ...
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Robust outlook for global cereal supplies in 2016
World cereal production in 2016 is set to amount to 2 521 million tonnes, just 0.2 percent off last year's large output and the third-highest global performance on record, according to FAO's first forecast for the new season, released today. Large inventory levels and relatively sluggish global demand mean that market conditions for staple food grains appear stable for at least another season, ...
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How much are consumers willing to pay to reduce pesticide use?
Many countries would like to decrease their pesticide use but are concerned about the accompanying cost. A recent study reveals that consumers are willing to pay more for food produced with fewer or no pesticides. The impact of pesticides continues to be a subject of political debate at both a national and European level. In 2006, the European Commission launched a strategy to improve the use ...
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FAO predicts World Food Import Bill to fall to Five-Year Low
International prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April and abundant inventories are poised to offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global harvests expected this year. Worldwide cereal production will likely decline by 1.5 percent from last year's record-breaking output, mainly due to reduced acreage planted with maize , but the impact will be cushioned by ...
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Adverse weather pushes food prices up in October
Major food commodity prices rose in October, spurred by weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies. The FAO Food Price Index averaged nearly 162 points in October, up 3.9 percent from September, while still down 16 percent from a year earlier. FAO's latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief slightly trimmed its October 2015 forecast for global cereal production and now ...
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Global harvest prospects improve for maize, wheat and rice crops
Staple food prices rose in August even as grain prices fell and the outlook for global cereal production improved. The FAO Food Price Index, released today, averaged 165.6 points in August, up 1.9 percent from July and almost 7 percent from a year earlier. The monthly jump was mostly driven by cheese and palm oil quotations, while those for wheat, maize and rice all fell. FAO raised ...
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Despite weather extremes EU-27 cereal production in 2013 expected to be higher than last year
This year total cereal production in the EU-271 is forecast to be well above 2012 levels and above the average of the past five years. This agricultural year has so far been marked by an unusually prolonged winter for western and central Europe and heavy rainfall in May and June. However, the impact of poor weather on crops in some areas of the EU has been offset in other areas; for example, the ...
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