Insights and Stories on FAO

Canada’s ag output seen likely rising under climate change

Sep. 18, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A new United Nations report suggests just how climate change will reshape agriculture by 2050 — and that Canada’s production capacity stands to benefit. International trade will play an ever-larger role in helping to feed people in food-deficient regions, as warmer temperatures and less precipitation will damage […]

AMIS adjusts world grain production outlooks

Jul. 7, 2018 at 12:04 am CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

Apr. 3, 2017 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Umberto Bacchi

Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse soil erosion trend, U.N. says

Dec. 5, 2016 at 8:06 pm CST

By Alex Whiting

Food production in Syria reported at all-time low

Nov. 15, 2016 at 2:13 pm CST

By stephanie-nebehay

Egypt bans ergot in wheat, again

Aug. 29, 2016 at 7:09 pm CDT

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt reinstated on Sunday a controversial ban on wheat shipments containing even the slightest amount of a common grain fungus, baffling traders who had returned to the Egyptian market just last month when the ban was lifted. The world’s largest wheat importer said on Sunday […]

By Eric Knecht maha-el-dahan

FBC editorial chief wins major international awards

Jul. 15, 2016 at 3:52 pm CDT

Laura Rance, editorial director of Farm Business Communications and editor of the Manitoba Co-operator, has won two major international awards for her work on African agriculture. Rance won the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Star Prize for ‘Africa’s Hunger Games,’ published in the Winnipeg Free Press in April 2015. […]

By Staff

Food commodity prices seen stable over next decade

Jul. 5, 2016 at 11:05 am CDT

Paris | Reuters –– Higher agricultural productivity and slightly larger crop areas in the coming decade will cover rises in food demand, leading to stable prices and a period of more restrained agricultural markets, the FAO and OECD said Monday. In their annual Agricultural Outlook report, the Food and Agriculture […]

By Reuters

Egypt returns to zero tolerance of ergot in wheat

Jun. 8, 2016 at 2:00 pm CDT

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has rejected two shipments of wheat for containing trace levels of the ergot fungus, backtracking on a government pledge to apply international standards and alarming traders looking to do business with the world’s largest buyer of the grain. Earlier this year traders boycotted state […]

By Eric Knecht maha-el-dahan

World food markets set for stable year: FAO

Jun. 2, 2016 at 7:00 pm CDT

Rome | Reuters — Global food commodity markets are likely to remain stable in the coming year, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, even as prices rose for the fourth straight month. Solid output prospects and abundant stocks should keep prices and supplies stable, while lower prices than […]

By Reuters

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