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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 10:19 UTC

Tag: Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 12:40 UTC

    FAO forecasts record world cereal production buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and US

    However 38 countries are at risk of food insecurity, including 29 in Africa, 3 more than reported in October.

    Latest indications confirm that world cereal production will reach an all-time record of more than 2.5 billion tonnes in 2014. Buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and a record maize output in the United States this year's cereal output should reach 2.532 billion tonnes, including rice in milled terms, or 0.3% higher than 2013, according to FAO's latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report.