Ivory Coast, the world leading producer of cocoa, has increased the support guaranteed minimum farm gate price for the main marketing season 2014/15 (October/March) to 850FCFA/KG from 750FCFA in the [...]

As part of its policy to support prices of agricultural products, the Government assigned in late September, 150 million of Brazilian Real (BRL), or about USD 61 million, to subsidize [...]

In anticipation of the WTO Special Treatment expiring on 31 December 2014, the Government has announced its intention to apply a tariff rate of 513 percent to rice imports, the [...]

The Government has introduced a Mobile Rice Supply System by using the state-owned Lanka Sathosa trucks to sell rice at controlled prices. White raw rice is sold at LKR 64 [...]

The Food Contract Corporation, the national body managing the state grain reserves, set up the new procurement prices for 3rd grade bread wheat for 2014. Wheat will be purchased at [...]

In the framework of WTO agreements to open the rice import market starting January 2015, the South Korean Government has announced the increase of fixed direct subsidies to rice farmers [...]

In order to curb price hikes following the Ebola outbreak, the Liberian Government has adjusted prices of rice and other essential commodities. The adjusted prices per 25 kilograms rice bag [...]

In Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s main palm oil producers, taxes on palm oil exports are set on a monthly basis. Following the recent decline in international palm oil prices, [...]

The Indian central Government has decided that all state Governments were to reduce the percentage of levy rice procured from millers to 25percent for the 2014-15 procurement season (October - [...]

The Russian Government announced the ban of most food imports from the United States, the European Union, Norway, Canada and Australia for one year, following international sanctions imposed in the [...]