Policy developments affecting jute and hard fibres markets and their implications for production and trade
01/12/2013
This document examines the existing policy framework impacting production and trade of jute, abaca, coir, kenaf and sisal (JACKS1). Policy discussion in this document is heavily biased towards producing countries, most of which are Least Developed Countries (LDC), because of the importance of these fibres to the economy of these countries and the attempt by these countries to articulate effective policies to accelerate the development of the respective fibre sub-sectors in a coherent manner.
Special Report - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - 28 November 2013
28/11/2013
In the DPRK, despite a small reduction in planted area, overall crop production in 2013/14 is estimated to increase by about 5 percent. 2. A total of 5.98 million tonnes of food output (including paddy, cereals, soybeans, and cereal equivalent of potatoes) from cooperative farms, plots on sloping land, and household gardens for 2013/14 is expected. This estimate includes the 2013 main season harvest that was concluded and the forecast for 2014 early season crops. When paddy is converte d to milled rice and soybeans to cereal equivalent, total food production is estimated at about 5.03 million tonnes. 3. Unusually early and heavy rains in July and early August compromised maize and soybean yields but had little effect on paddy. 4. Soybean production recorded a second consecutive year of decline, due to a 6 percent reduction in yield. Main-season potatoes performed well this year, which bodes well for the seed supply for the 2014 early crop. However, supply of seed s for minor winter and spring wheat as well as barley is a constraint due to declining production over consecutive recent years.
Cereal supply and demand balances for sub-Saharan African countries - No.4, November 2013
14/11/2013
The FAO/GIEWS Country Cereal Balance System (CCBS) is a database of annual supply and utilization balances for main cereals, covering all countries of the world. It has been maintained by FAO/GIEWS since 1980 and is updated on a continual basis. This statistical report, which is a subset of CCBS data, presents the current-year cereal supply and demand balances for all sub-Saharan African countries, highlighting cereal import and food aid requirements of each country. This report is complement ary to the FAO/GIEWS report Crop Prospects and Food Situation and is published four times a year, with the same schedule.
Food Outlook - November 2013
04/11/2013
Food Outlook is published by the Trade and Market Division of FAO under Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). It is a biannual publication focusing on developments affecting global food and feed markets. Each report provides comprehensive assessments and short term forecasts for production, utilization, trade, stocks and prices on a commodity by commodity basis and includes feature articles on topical issues. Food Outlook maintains a close synergy with another major GIEWS publication, Crop Prospects and Food Situation, especially with regard to the coverage of cereals. Food outlook is available in English. The summary section is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian.
Crop Prospects and Food Situation #3, October 2013
10/10/2013
The outlook for global cereal supply in the 2013/14 marketing season remains generally favourable despite downward adjustments to forecasts for world cereal production and closing stocks. Export prices of maize dropped further in September mainly reflecting the positive outlook for the 2013 global output. Wheat prices remained relatively stable, while those of rice declined from most origins. Aggregate cereal imports of LIFDCs during 2013/14 are estimated to increase by some 6 percent over the reduced imports of the year before.
Rapport Spécial - Mission FAO/PAM d'évaluation de la sécurité alimentaire á Madagascar - 9 octobre 2013
09/10/2013
Avec l’invasion du Criquet migrateur malgache qui a débuté en 2012 et les conditions météorologiques irrégulières pendant la campagne agricole 2012/13 (octobre-juillet), une mission FAO/PAM d’évaluation des récoltes et de la sécurité alimentaire, bénéficiant du soutien technique et financier du FIDA ainsi que du Ministère de l’Agriculture, a été menée à Madagascar du 19 juin au 13 juillet. Ces appuis ont notamment permis d’étendre la couverture des enquêtes sur 20 des 22 régions du pays. Cette mission avait pour mandat de déterminer et d’évaluer les facteurs ayant une incidence sur la production agricole de 2013 et d’établir une estimation de la production céréalière nationale ainsi que d’évaluer la situation globale de la sécurité alimentaire.
Cereal supply and demand balances for sub-Saharan African countries - No.3, September 2013
19/09/2013
The FAO/GIEWS Country Cereal Balance System (CCBS) is a database of annual supply and utilization balances for main cereals, covering all countries of the world. It has been maintained by FAO/GIEWS since 1980 and is updated on a continual basis. This statistical report, which is a subset of CCBS data, presents the current-year cereal supply and demand balances for all sub-Saharan African countries, highlighting cereal import and food aid requirements of each country. This report is complement ary to the FAO/GIEWS report Crop Prospects and Food Situation and is published four times a year, with the same schedule.
Smallholder Integration in Changing Food Markets
13/09/2013
The publication discusses the characteristics of smallholder producers in food markets and the determinants of and constraints to their participation in food markets and food value chains. Upon this, the publication introduces the market arrangements and mechanisms necessary to facilitate smallholders’ participation. These solutions require key responsibility of the government as well as important roles of other market players and the private sector.
Rebuilding West Africa's Food Potential:Policies and market incentives for smallholder-inclusive food value chains
13/09/2013
This book offers an in-depth analyses of value chain policies, past and present in West Africa. The book contains a large number of in-depth case studies of food value chains in particular countries, including traditional export commodities (cocoa, cotton), high value exports (mangoes, horticulture) and the most important staple food value chains (oil palm, rice, maize, sorghum and millet and cassava) in the region. It also contains a large number of private and public initiatives, and thematic analyses relating to the role of the private agro-industry and producer organisations and their role as market agents.
FAO Rice Market Monitor - July 2013
16/07/2013
Crop Prospects and Food Situation #2, July 2013
11/07/2013
World cereal production is forecast to increase by about 7 percent in 2013, helping to replenish global inventories and raise expectations for more stable markets in 2013/14. International prices of wheat declined slightly in June with the onset of the 2013 harvests in the Northern Hemisphere. By contrast, maize prices increased, supported by continued tight global supplies. Export prices of rice showed mixed trends. Cereal imports of LIFDCs for 2013/14 are estimated to rise by some 5 percent to meet growing demand; Egypt, Indonesia and Nigeria, in particular, are forecast to import more.
Special Report - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to the Syrian Arab Republic - 5 July 2013
05/07/2013
Seasonal rainfall in 2012/13 was better than in any of the previous five years, especially in the northern cereal-producing governorates. Relatively less area was planted to cereals, compared to the last ten years. Contributing factors include high costs of production, reduced input availability including labour, prevailing violence, related damage to farm equipment, and abandoned land. The area under irrigated cereal production also declined significantly owing to power cuts, and damage to power stations, canals, and pumps; and high diesel costs. „h The supply chain of wheat is severely affected. Road transport is becoming increasingly expensive and is often unsafe, and less than one-third of the Government's wheat collection centres are operational. Most flour mills and bakeries are either no longer operating, or are operating at low capacity. Only 1 in 4 yeast factories is operational.
Cereal supply and demand balances for sub-Saharan African countries - No.2, June 2013
06/06/2013
The FAO/GIEWS Country Cereal Balance System (CCBS) is a database of annual supply and utilization balances for main cereals, covering all countries of the world. It has been maintained by FAO/GIEWS since 1980 and is updated on a continual basis. This statistical report, which is a subset of CCBS data, presents the current-year cereal supply and demand balances for all sub-Saharan African countries, highlighting cereal import and food aid requirements of each country. This report is complement ary to the FAO/GIEWS report Crop Prospects and Food Situation and is published four times a year, with the same schedule.
Food Outlook - June 2013
03/06/2013
Food commodity markets are set to be more balanced in 2013/14, in particular cereals. The global food import bill is forecast to reach USD 1.09 trillion in 2013, 13 percent below the record of 2011 but close to the 2012 estimate, as higher bills for fish and livestock products are anticipated to offset lower expenditures on most other commodities, especially sugar.
FAO Rice Market Monitor - April 2013
16/04/2013
Commodity Policy Developments Tool
10/04/2013
Crop Prospects and Food Situation #1, March 2013
07/03/2013
FAO’s first forecast for world wheat production in 2013 stands at 690 million tonnes, about 28 million tonnes up from 2012 and the second largest crop on record. The increase is expected mostly in Europe, driven by an expansion in area in response to high prices, and in some countries due to an expected recovery in yields from last year’s below-average levels. The international cereal prices in recent months have followed mixed trends with rice prices rising and wheat declining, while maize prices remaining generally steady. Aggregate cereal import requirements of LIFDCs for 2012/13 are expected to decrease following generally bumper local harvests in 2012 and an overall favourable outlook in 2013.
Special Report - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to South Sudan - 22 February 2013
22/02/2013
Generally favourable rains and no outbreaks of pests and diseases in 2012, resulted in a net cereal production of about 761 000 tonnes in the traditional sector. At this level, production is about 35 percent above the 2011 estimates and about 6 percent above the average of the previous five years. • With a projected population of about 10.4 million people in 2013, an overall cereal deficit of nearly 371 000 tonnes is estimated, until the next harvest in late 2013. • Livestock body conditio ns are generally good due to adequate pasture and water availability. • Prices of locally produced cereals have declined in most markets since August/September 2012, but still remain higher than in previous seasons. Higher prices of livestock, especially small ruminants, have improved the terms-of-trade for pastoralists.
Cereal supply and demand balances for sub-Saharan African countries - No.1, February 2013
21/02/2013
The FAO/GIEWS Country Cereal Balance System (CCBS) is a database of annual supply and utilization balances for main cereals, covering all countries of the world. It has been maintained by FAO/GIEWS since 1980 and is updated on a continual basis. This statistical report, which is a subset of CCBS data, presents the current-year cereal supply and demand balances for all sub-Saharan African countries, highlighting cereal import and food aid requirements of each country. This report is complement ary to the FAO/GIEWS report Crop Prospects and Food Situation and is published four times a year, with the same schedule.
Rapport Spécial - Mission conjointe d’évaluation des récoltes et de la sécurité alimentaire au Niger
04/02/2013
La mission conjointe CILSS/FAO/FEWSNET/PAM a visité le pays du 22 octobre au 9 novembre 2012. Durant la première semaine, les experts et représentants de la FAO, du PAM, du CILSS-AGRHYMET et de FEWSNET en collaboration avec les responsables des ministères, ont adopté le programme de travail de la mission et ont tenu des séances de travail avec les services nationaux intervenant dans le suivi de la campagne agricole, la prévision des récoltes et la sécurité alimentaire. Une rencontre a été organisée avec le Groupe de travail pluridisciplinaire (GTP) à laquelle ont assisté les représentants de la Direction de la protection des végétaux (DPV), la Direction des cultures vivrières (DCV), la Météorologie nationale, le Système d’alerte précoce (SAP), le Dispositif national de prévention et de gestion des crises alimentaires (DNPGCA), les Systèmes d’information sur les marchés de bétail (SIM Bétail) et sur les marchés agricoles (SIMA) et la Direction des statistiques agricoles (DSA). La Mission a bénéficié de l’appui de toutes les directions centrales et régionales des Ministères de l’agriculture et de l’élevage ainsi que l’appui des autres services et ministères sollicités.