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News digest - 20.21/11/2020
Some highlights: Texas is likely to face a shortage of lettuce in the near future, due to the interruption in supply from Central California, that was mainly caused by the wildfires that hit the state this summer, the prolonged drought and a lettuce disease that has affected the production output. Pakistan, on the other hand, is still struggling with a sugar shortage that mainly affects millers, who have recently sent a letter to the Ministries of Industries and National Food Security, threatening to shut down in case they don’t get a…
Some highlights: Texas is likely to face a shortage of lettuce in the near future, due to the interruption in supply from Central California, that was mainly caused by the wildfires that hit the state this summer, the prolonged drought and a lettuce disease that has affected the production output. Pakistan, on the other hand, is still struggling with a sugar shortage that mainly affects millers, who have recently sent a letter to the Ministries of Industries and National Food Security, threatening to shut down in case they don’t get a…
News digest - 19/11/2020
Some highlights: Bolivia is said to lose millions in losses due to smuggling (for instance, more than 130,000 tons of maize are smuggled every three months), which also affects agricultural producers and consumers, due to the fact that smuggled goods do not comply with the international health standards. For this reason, the producers have recently urged the authorities to implement measures that could curb smuggling.
Some highlights: Bolivia is said to lose millions in losses due to smuggling (for instance, more than 130,000 tons of maize are smuggled every three months), which also affects agricultural producers and consumers, due to the fact that smuggled goods do not comply with the international health standards. For this reason, the producers have recently urged the authorities to implement measures that could curb smuggling.
News digest - 18/11/2020
Some highlights: The enhanced frozen fries exports from European countries (who have millions of tons of surplus produce due to the new lockdown measures that governments are imposing throughout the continent) to New Zealand are posing difficulties to the country’s potato processing sector, because the manufacturers of frozen foods are reducing the number of their employees and potato farmers are reducing the acreage for this commodity.
Some highlights: The enhanced frozen fries exports from European countries (who have millions of tons of surplus produce due to the new lockdown measures that governments are imposing throughout the continent) to New Zealand are posing difficulties to the country’s potato processing sector, because the manufacturers of frozen foods are reducing the number of their employees and potato farmers are reducing the acreage for this commodity.
News digest - 17/11/2020
Some highlights: The coronavirus pandemic has given an unexpected advantage to Kenyan fish farmers, due to the fact that it limited China’s ability to export this commodity to Kenya in the same quantities as in 2019 (Chinese fish exports have decreased by almost 50% in 2020). Kenya has strengthened imports from Uganda, but it also used a loan from IFAD to boost the domestic fish production.
Some highlights: The coronavirus pandemic has given an unexpected advantage to Kenyan fish farmers, due to the fact that it limited China’s ability to export this commodity to Kenya in the same quantities as in 2019 (Chinese fish exports have decreased by almost 50% in 2020). Kenya has strengthened imports from Uganda, but it also used a loan from IFAD to boost the domestic fish production.
