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Oceans, Old Trees Help Predict Indonesia Drought

Agroup of scientists are developing more accurate drought and harvest forecasts for Indonesia using tree rings, historic rice production figures and sea surface temperature data. Indonesia is one of the world’s most populous nations and a major producer of rice, cocoa, coffee and tobacco. But the country is regularly at risk of drought caused by
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China Adds $10 Bln To Commodity Stockpiling Budget

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“The impact of the global financial crisis and many outstanding problems at home have suddenly made it more difficult to keep our economy going strong.” China will spend an extra $10 billion to bulk up its commodity reserves and lift farm support spending by 20 per cent this year, measures that should aid local grain
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FAO Sees World Rice Stocks Rising Eight Per Cent In 2009

World stocks of rice, one of the food staples across the globe, are expected this year to hit the highest level since 2002 on the back of strong output in 2008, the United Nations’ food agency said on Feb. 25. World rice stocks carried over to 2009 are forecast to rise eight per cent to
Cereals, Crops, News

India Eyes First Wheat Exports In Six Years

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India, the world’s second-biggest wheat producer, is likely to export the grain for the first time in six years after bumper harvests boosted stocks, a leading grains trader said Feb. 17. The country will harvest 76.5 million tonnes of wheat this year, just 1.6 per cent below official estimates, Vijay Iyengar, managing director of Singapore-based
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Pakistan May Export Flour On Surplus Wheat

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Pakistan will likely produce more wheat from its bumper crop than a government target of 25 million tonnes this year, paving the way for more exports from South Asia which could further dent world prices. “There is no fear of any shortfall. It should meet our requirement, we should have some surplus,” Muhammad Saeed, chairman
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Farming Must Change To Feed The World

The world’s farmers must quickly switch to more sustainable and productive farming systems to grow the food needed by a swelling world population and respond to climate change, FAO’s top crops expert told an international farm congress Feb. 4. In a keynote speech to 1,000 participants at the IVth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (CA)
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China Waters Thirsty Wheat Crop

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China’s main wheat crop may emerge mostly unscathed from a dire drought as Beijing moves to fund last-minute irrigation, reviving crops that might otherwise have been left to die by farmers struggling with low prices and oversupply. A domestic media outcry and public hand-wringing about the severity of the drought triggered some speculation that the
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Cuba Rice Output Stagnates, More Imports Expected

Cuba’s production of consumable rice stagnated in 2008 despite plans to increase output, the government said Jan. 7, ensuring the country will import hundreds of thousands of tonnes of its main staple this year. Cuba’s National Statistics Office reported on its website that rice production was 195,000 tonnes in 2008, similar to the 196,000 tonnes
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China to boost corn buying by 20 million tonnes

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China’s government has boosted its plan to support farmers by buying an extra 20 million tonnes of corn, tripling its commitment, the State Administration of Grain said Dec. 24. The increase will help “stabilize grain prices and protect farmers’ incomes,” it said on its website www.chinagrain.gov.cn. The purchases, the third round of buying after this
Cereals, Opinion

Supply response to high prices is a lasting one

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The steep ramp-up of grain and oilseed prices over a couple of years only to drop by one-half in a matter of three or four months has been extremely confusing to lots of folks. The fact that the 50 per cent drop took place so quickly was a surprise – it usually takes a couple

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