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UN Food Body FAO Warns Against Food Export Curbs

February 3, 2011

The United Nations’ food agency warned food-producing countries Jan. 26 against introducing export curbs to protect local markets as world food prices rose close to levels that triggered food riots in 2007- 08. Global food prices rose above 2008 highs in December with the Food Price Index of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Livestock

Food Price Spike Shows Reform Urgent

By Nigel Hunt January 27, 2011

The current spike in food prices is a repeat of the 2007-08 crisis and indicates urgent reforms are needed to a stressed global agricultural system, John Beddington, the U.K. government’s chief scientist said on Jan. 24. “In 2007-08 everyone said this was just a one-off because we have been looking at price declines for 30

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Jordanians Protest Economic Conditions

By Suleiman Al-khalidi January 27, 2011

Several thousand Jordanians protested Jan. 21 over soaring food prices and the erosion of living conditions, blaming corruption spawned by free-market reforms for the plight of the country’s poor. Islamists, left wing and trade unions activists marched through the old downtown of the city chanting “The government is eating our flesh … O Samir (Prime

News

Biofuel Jatropha Doesn’t Measure Up

By Juliane Von Reppert January 27, 2011

Jatropha, a biofuel-producing plant once touted as a wonder crop, is turning out to be much less dependable than first thought, both environmentalists and industry players say. Some biofuel producers found themselves agreeing with many of the criticisms detailed in a report launched by campaign group Friends of the Earth this week “Jatropha: money doesn’t

News, Pulses

Spoiled Beans Highlight Brazil’s Inflation Challenge

By Peter Murphy January 27, 2011

One bad harvest of beans in Brazil is causing massive headaches for new President Dilma Rousseff and showing just how difficult it is for policy-makers worldwide to combat a recent jump in food inflation. The retail price of beans – a staple that many Brazilians consume in virtually every meal – went up more than

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

By Reuters January 20, 2011

Vet fined:A Manitoba veterinarian has been fined $10,000 for certifying uninspected cattle for export. Dr. Earl Van Assen pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg court to two counts of contravening the federal Health of Animals Act. Court was told Van Assen submitted certification documents in Feb. 2009 for 42 cows shipped to the United States, stating

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jan. 13, 2011

By Reuters January 13, 2011

Dangerous beetle found in L.A.:U.S. customs officials last week said they had found a beetle considered one of the world’s most dangerous agricultural pests in a shipment of rice arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. Officials found an adult khapra beetle, eight larvae and a shed skin in a shipment of Indian rice from Saudi

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Rising Food Prices Bring Political Risks

By Peter Apps January 13, 2011

Record food prices will hit the world’s poorest hardest, raising the risk of riots, export bans, foreign-owned farmland expropriation and further price spikes fuelled by short-term investors. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Jan. 6 food prices hit a record high in December and could rise further on erratic global weather patterns. For

News

Heavy Rains To Increase Colombia Inflation

By Nelson Bocanegra December 16, 2010

Strong rains flooding agricultural land and washing away roads in Colombia will increase inflation but not so much as to change consumer price targets, officials said Dec. 6. Bad weather has affected commodity-producing countries worldwide, from rains stalling the wheat harvest in Australia to dry spells in some of Argentina’s soy-growing areas and oil refinery

Livestock, News

Human Waste Could Be Phosphate Source

By Nigel Hunt December 2, 2010

Human excreta could have a key role in securing future food security, helping prevent a sharp drop in yields of crops such as wheat due to a shortage of phosphorus inputs, a U.K. organic body said Nov. 29. “It is estimated that only 10 per cent of the three million tonnes of phosphorus excreted by

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Tag Archives food prices

UN Food Body FAO Warns Against Food Export Curbs

Food Price Spike Shows Reform Urgent

Jordanians Protest Economic Conditions

Biofuel Jatropha Doesn’t Measure Up

Spoiled Beans Highlight Brazil’s Inflation Challenge

In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

In Brief… – for Jan. 13, 2011

Rising Food Prices Bring Political Risks

Heavy Rains To Increase Colombia Inflation

Human Waste Could Be Phosphate Source

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