Tag: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Friday, April 8th 2016 - 06:58 UTC

  Large inventories and sluggish demand for 2016/17 global cereal production predicts FAO

  

  World cereal production in 2016 is set to amount to 2 521 million tons, just 0.2% 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 on Thursday. Large inventory levels and relatively sluggish global demand mean that market conditions for staple food grains appear stable for at least another season, the agency's latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief predicts.

• Friday, March 18th 2016 - 05:55 UTC

  Strong 2016 wheat harvests seen in China and South Asia

  

  FAO's latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief forecasts a 1.4 percent drop in worldwide wheat output in 2016, due mainly to dry weather leading to reduced winter plantings in the Russian Federation and Ukraine. However, China and Pakistan are expected to sustain near-record wheat harvests, and India's output is anticipated to recover.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 07:50 UTC

  FAO summit in Morocco addresses fish trade traceability and eliminating IUU fishing

  

  High-level delegations of fisheries ministries from more than 50 countries are gathering in Agadir, Morocco for a summit with industry players to discuss emerging governance needs in a sector that provides the world with 17% of its animal protein and developing countries with more export revenue than meat, tobacco, rice and sugar combined.

• Friday, February 5th 2016 - 08:31 UTC

  World cereal stocks are set to end 2016 seasons at 642 million tons, higher than they began.

  

  Weather patterns associated with El Niño are sending mixed signals about the early prospects for cereal crops in 2016, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, according to FAO's Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, released on Thursday.

• Friday, January 8th 2016 - 20:02 UTC

  FAO: major food commodities prices declined in 2015 for the fourth year running

  

  Prices of major food commodities declined for the fourth year in a row in 2015, averaging 19.1% below their previous-year's levels, as the dwindling global economy also triggered sharp price falls from metals to energy markets.

• Thursday, January 7th 2016 - 09:13 UTC

  UN declares 2016 the International Year of Pulses

  

  The United Nations 68th General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYP) and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) has been nominated to facilitate the implementation of the Year in collaboration with Governments, relevant organizations, non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 00:27 UTC

  Major food commodity prices down 18% over a year ago, says FAO index

  

  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% below its value a year earlier.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  FAO food commodity prices rose in October 3.9%, but 16% down from a year earlier

  

  The FAO Food Price Index averaged nearly 162 points in October, up 3.9% from September, while still down 16% from a year earlier. FAO's latest Cereal supply and Demand Brief slightly trimmed its October 2015 forecast for global cereal production and now projects production at 2.53 billion tons, 1.1% below last year's record output

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 09:58 UTC

  FAO's August Food Price Index at its lowest in almost seven years

  

  International food commodity prices continued to decline in August as ample supplies, a slump in energy prices and concerns over China's economic slowdown all contributed to the sharpest fall of the FAO Food Price Index in almost seven years.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2015 - 13:10 UTC

  A forest area equivalent to South Africa has been lost since 1990, says FAO

  

  The world's forests continue to shrink as populations increase and forest land is converted to agriculture and other uses, but over the past 25 years the rate of net global deforestation has slowed down by more than 50%, FAO said in a report published on Tuesday.