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Agriculture & Softs Commodity Reports
Agri View: Why this is not 2007/08 (yet)
London, 18 August 2010
There is much concern and media speculation about whether the recent events in Russia might lead to a sustained rise in agricultural and food prices. The last time that the world suffered “agflation” was as recently as 2007/08, when, similar to now, droughts in key wheat exporting areas led to a serious crop shortfall.
The Great Hunger Lottery
London, August 2010
How banking speculation causes food crises: In The Great Hunger Lottery, the World Development Movement has compiled extensive evidence establishing the role of food commodity derivatives in destabilising and driving up food prices around the world. This in turn, has led to food prices becoming unaffordable for low-income families around the world, particularly in developing countries highly reliant on food imports.
FAO cuts wheat production forecast but considers supplies adequate
Rome, 4 August 2010
The impact of unfavourable weather events on crops in recent weeks has led FAO to cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 to 651 million tonnes, from 676 million tonnes reported in June.
Read more: FAO cuts wheat production forecast but considers supplies adequate
Innovations in Access to Land: Land Grab or Agricultural Investment?
Washington DC, August 2010
This is the first in a series of posts about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition, or “land grabs” in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Ronit Ridberg.Read more: Innovations in Access to Land: Land Grab or Agricultural Investment?
IGC Grain Market Report
London, 29 July 2010
Grain Market Report summary: Heightened market concerns about the outcome of this year’s harvests in some key northern hemisphere exporters, especially wheat and barley in the Black Sea region, propelled prices of grains and oilseeds upwards in July. However, rice markets weakened further over the period ...
Urbanizing emerging markets crave more coffee
Soa Paulo, 25 June 2010
The hustle of city life is turning more of the world's poor into coffee drinkers to cope with the transition from a rural pace to the demands of a bustling urban existence. Economic development in coffee farming countries has brought urbanization and a pronounced shift in global coffee demand, where big exporters are now the top new consumers.Macquarie Agri-View: Midyear price projections
London, 24 June 2010
2010 outlook is bearish: Our 6- to 12-month view for the main agricultural commodities is bearish, due to a continued supply response after the price spike of 2007/08. Favourable weather conditions in 2009 and into 2010 have led to strong crops for the majority of the world’s main cropping regions.
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2010-2019
Paris, 18 June 2010
The 2010 edition of the Agricultural Outlook marks the sixth year of collaboration between the OECD and FAO in publishing a projection of the global markets of key agricultural commodities. The Outlook brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations, providing an assessment of agricultural market prospects for production, consumption, trade, stocks and prices of the included commodities.International prices of agricultural commodities drop
Rome, 3 June 2010
International prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report, just released. But high prices of non-cereal products still keep food import bills high, especially in developing countries.Read more: International prices of agricultural commodities drop
IGC: Grain Market Report, May 2010
London, May 2010
The International Grains Council report for May 2010
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