Reports

Recent information on the world's cereal and wheat production have increased prices and created concern on a food price crisis, as the one in late 2007 and 2008. Economics centers, market specialists, trading companies and governments have been following the…

It was a pledge heard around the world. After a century which brought unprecedented gains in such areas as national freedoms and medical and scientific advances, but which also produced two world wars, the atomic bomb and unspeakable daily…

International prices of wheat continue to increase Export prices of wheat have sharply increased since the beginning of July reflecting the impact of drought-reduced crops in the Russian Federation and subsequent decision by the country to ban wheat exports until next…

COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY Thirty-sixth Session Rome, 11-14 and 16 October 2010 POLICY ROUNDTABLE I. CHALLENGES 1. The issue of protracted crises and their food security implications have not received appropriate attention in the development discourse. This year's State of Food Insecurity…

Note: The last situation report was dated July 13, 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS -Flooding in July and August in 16 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces affected approximately 200,000 people, according to the Afghan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA).1 Relief agencies and ANDMA addressed emergency…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT - 2010 wheat harvest estimated above average but lower than last year's record level - Wheat prices have risen in recent months after a long and steady decline since August 2008 - Pockets of food…

Highlights - During the reporting month, wheat grain and wheat flour prices continued their increasing trend, started in June 2010, following a sustained decreasing drift since June 2008. - The retail prices of wheat are 7.1% higher than pre-crisis level (January-October…

Kabul, 1 September 2010 The non-governmental organization Mission d'Aide au Développement des Economies Rurales - Afghanistan (MADERA) has launched a new three-year European Union-funded project to improve food security in vulnerable areas of Wardak province in Afghanistan. The project aims to…

The Global Update provides food security information on trends in food access and utilization. Key food access indicators reported are food consumption, coping strategies and terms of trade. These indicators are proximate to food security status and so enable…

FAO lowers 2010 wheat harvest estimate but supplies adequate Unfavourable weather conditions,particularly the severe drought in the Russian Federation have led FAO to revise downward its earlier projection for the global wheat crop this year from 676=01million to 651 million tonnes.However,…