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At a high-level meeting on 27 June in Geneva, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu told participants that by 2050 global food production will need to increase by at least 30-40% – while also minimising the negative impact on the environment. Qu Dongyu The event was among several sessions dedicated to trade and food …

Agriculture Among Top Priorities, WTO DG Says Agriculture is among four top priority issues for the WTO membership, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said.  She told a 22 May meeting of the organisation’s General Council that, in her consultations with WTO members, the topic was repeatedly identified as a priority for action – along …

Rice prices have risen in the wake of new trade restrictions, a few weeks ahead of an October meeting of WTO senior officials that is intended to lay the groundwork for progress at the trade body’s thirteenth ministerial conference in five months’ time. Markets around the world have reacted to …