FAO released its report ‘The State of Agriculture Commodity Markets (SOCO) 2015-2016. Subtitled Trade and food security: achieving a better balance between national priorities and the collective good, this edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets aims to reduce the current polarization of views on the impacts of agricultural trade on food security and on how to govern agricultural trade to ensure that increased trade openness is beneficial to all countries. By providing evidence and clarity on a range of topics, the report seeks to contribute to a more informed debate on policy choices and to identify required improvements in the policy processes within which these choices are made. For more information click here and download the report here. One of the background papers for the publication focused on trade, value chains and food security and can be downloaded here.

Read the FAO press release here: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/357439/icode/