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Monthly news digest - November 2020
Some highlights: Worldwide agricultural production output overview Nearly half of the mentions to food chain disruptions in developed and developing countries around the world during the month of November (39 mentions out of a total of 84 mentions to food chain disruptions) made reference to agricultural producers struggling to maintain average or above-average production outputs: this situation was widely observed across countries, but it especially applied to Latin America, to Europe, and to South and Southeast Asia.
Some highlights: Worldwide agricultural production output overview Nearly half of the mentions to food chain disruptions in developed and developing countries around the world during the month of November (39 mentions out of a total of 84 mentions to food chain disruptions) made reference to agricultural producers struggling to maintain average or above-average production outputs: this situation was widely observed across countries, but it especially applied to Latin America, to Europe, and to South and Southeast Asia.
News digest - 26/11/2020
Some highlights: The ongoing conflict between Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front is currently causing food shortages for more than 700,000 people (including 100,000 refugees from Eritrea that live in the Tigray region). In Jamaica, on the other hand, the recent unfavourable weather conditions have damaged vegetables crops (lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes) and caused a possible break in the supply chain of these products.
Some highlights: The ongoing conflict between Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front is currently causing food shortages for more than 700,000 people (including 100,000 refugees from Eritrea that live in the Tigray region). In Jamaica, on the other hand, the recent unfavourable weather conditions have damaged vegetables crops (lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes) and caused a possible break in the supply chain of these products.
News digest - 25/11/2020
Some highlights: Many poultry farmers in Nigeria (especially in the Ogun state) are in severe financial distress, as a shortage of soybeans and maize in the country caused a hike in prices for these raw materials (respectively up 193% and 89%). This reflected in a large increase in feed prices, which is forcing poultry farmers to sell out their produce or, in the worst cases, to shut down their farms.
Some highlights: Many poultry farmers in Nigeria (especially in the Ogun state) are in severe financial distress, as a shortage of soybeans and maize in the country caused a hike in prices for these raw materials (respectively up 193% and 89%). This reflected in a large increase in feed prices, which is forcing poultry farmers to sell out their produce or, in the worst cases, to shut down their farms.
News digest - 24/11/2020
Some highlights: In Myanmar, the fact that many women working in the garment sector have lost their jobs due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic has reflected on food security, because women workers are often the breadwinners in the country: as evidence of this, the percentage of mothers that suffer from malnutrition has increased from 30% to 53% last month.
Some highlights: In Myanmar, the fact that many women working in the garment sector have lost their jobs due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic has reflected on food security, because women workers are often the breadwinners in the country: as evidence of this, the percentage of mothers that suffer from malnutrition has increased from 30% to 53% last month.
News digest - 22.23/11/2020
Some highlights: The outbreaks of African swine fever in Nigeria and the invasion of desert locusts in Kenya, between the end of last year and the beginning of 2020, still have repercussions on producers and vendors in the two African countries: the Nigerian pig farmers have incurred, so far, in NGN 20 billon worth of economic losses, while the vendors in six arid and semi-arid Kenyan counties have experienced a decreased supply of several commodities, including wheat and maize flour, beans, rice and sugar.
Some highlights: The outbreaks of African swine fever in Nigeria and the invasion of desert locusts in Kenya, between the end of last year and the beginning of 2020, still have repercussions on producers and vendors in the two African countries: the Nigerian pig farmers have incurred, so far, in NGN 20 billon worth of economic losses, while the vendors in six arid and semi-arid Kenyan counties have experienced a decreased supply of several commodities, including wheat and maize flour, beans, rice and sugar.
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.
