FAO food index down 3.4% in April
4 June 2020According to the FAO, food products, which have been in decline for the past three months, fell by a further 3.4% in April. The decline is 10% compared to January..
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The rubber victim of the Coronavirus
2 June 2020Natural rubber is one of the major victims of the Covid-19 pandemic because of the fall in world automobile production, which is its main user for the manufacture of tyres..
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Record funding for European agri-tech in 2019
29 May 2020European agrifood tech start-ups have raised $3.4 billion – for 419 financing operations – an increase of 70% compared to 2019. The year 2020 will be less rosy, judging by.
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500 million for countries affected by the locust invasion
28 May 2020The World Bank has approved $500 million in response to the consequences of the locust invasion in Africa and the Middle East. This financial assistance includes low-interest loans and grants.
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The world is drowning in wheat stocks…
27 May 2020The stockpiling of bread and flour by worried consumers during this coronavirus crisis may have led people to believe that the world was running out of wheat. Export restrictions by.
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Threats to the banana
26 May 2020Bananas are the symbol of globalisation. Trade in this fruit began 130 years ago. It generates an annual turnover of $25 billion. 20 million tons of bananas were exported in.
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The globalisation of agricultural trade in question
22 May 2020“Belgians are invited to eat more chips, in Britain farmers have poured millions of pints of milk into the ground instead of turning it into butter. In Iran, millions of.
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Coronavirus Crisis Worsens World Hunger
21 May 2020The United Nations Nutrition Report 2020 warns of a likely doubling of hungry people as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Their number would increase from 130 million to 265.
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Egypt still the world’s largest exporter of oranges
20 May 2020In 2019, Egypt consolidated for the second consecutive year its position as the world’s leading exporter of oranges. According to data collected by Agribusiness Intelligence, the country’s exports reached around.
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Composting of hogs in the United States
19 May 2020The outbreak of the covide-19 epidemic in U.S. slaughterhouses resulted in the destruction of 7 million hogs during this quarter. That’s nearly 500 million kilograms of meat lost. Some Minnesota.
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