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Ukraine’s harvest of grains and oilseeds will see further declines this year as Russia’s invasion drags on, an industry official warned on Jan. 26, putting further pressure on global prices for essential foodstuffs. Planting acreage will again shrink and the total harvest is forecast at 53 million tons for 2023 after 65 …

Price indices for vegetable oils, dairy, sugar drive January decline, while cereals, meat were largely stable, says UN body… Global food prices fell for the 10th consecutive month in January, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 131.2 points in January, …

Release date: 03/02/2023 FAO’s latest forecast for world cereal production in 2022 has been raised by 8.3 million tonnes (0.3 percent) this month to 2 765 million tonnes, albeit still 1.7 percent lower year-on-year. The increase is predominantly related to wheat, reflecting upward revisions made for Australia and the Russian Federation, which …

Press release… 3 February 2023, Ankara, Türkiye — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye, has been granted financial support of about USD 45 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for three new …

African leaders recommit to increase financing from national budgets to agriculture… KIGALI, Rwanda…  James Tasamba… Africa’s development partners committed 30 billion dollars Friday to agricultural development and food sovereignty on the continent during the next five years.  The announcement came at the closure of a continental food summit in Senegal’s …

25 January 2023, Istanbul, Türkiye –  Small-scale family farmers can be instrumental in elevating human rights in the food and agriculture sector and in ensuring sustainable agrifood systems. To help create a supportive environment for peasants in which their inherent dignity and worth is recognized, Food and Agriculture Organization of …

FAO’s vegetable oil price index hits new record high, indexes for dairy and meat prices mark their highest levels since 1990… Global food prices increased 14.3% year-on-year in 2022, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday. The FAO food price index rose 18 points from the previous …

Press release… FAO Food Price Index ends 2022 lower than a year earlier… 06/01/2023 Rome – The index of world food prices dipped for the ninth consecutive month in December 2022, declining by 1.9 percent from the previous month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. …

More than 15 million tonnes of grain have been carried by hundreds of ships via the Black Sea grain under the Istanbul grain export deal, Turkish Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu has said “The total amount of transported cargo has exceeded 15 million 80,000 tonnes,” Karaismailoğlu said in a written statement on Dec. …