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China’s food security challenge is chronic, not acute

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CHINA

Massive pig losses from African swine fever have reduced pork supplies and raised meat prices. The COVID-19 lockdown took a temporary toll on China’s internal distribution of food…

Prospects for global agriculture in the third quarter

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PROSPECTS Q3 2015

Prospects for global agriculture in the third quarter.

Regional tensions threaten West African food security

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WEST AFRICA

This could worsen to an estimated 49.5 million people by mid-year as the lean season sets in between harvests. Meanwhile, over 100 million people could face food insecurity if…

Romania cannot replace Ukrainian agriculture overnight

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ROMANIA

Raising the availability and quality of inputs, training the labour force properly, using digital tools in operations, achieving energy self-sufficiency from renewables and…

China will boost grain supplies

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CHINA

President Xi Jinping has repeatedly cited food security as one of his top strategic priorities. Amid geopolitical tensions and global supply chain disruption, recent years have…

Agriculture woes will have wider impact in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

In the 2021/22 season the rise in wheat production helped to offset the fall in soybean and maize output. This will not be the case this year, with wheat production expected to…

Food prices to fall slowly amid persistent disruptions

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INTERNATIONAL

This raises hopes of greater food supply, less disruption and lower prices. Grain and other agricultural commodities are sailing from Ukrainian Black Sea ports again after a safe…

Insecurity will worsen food security in West Africa

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WEST AFRICA

Conflict and insecurity has been driving a steady deterioration in supply conditions, year after year, but the number of people at risk over the next two months is unprecedented.

Economic improvements in Mali will be too slow

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MALI

Ranked 184th out of 189 countries in the UN’s 2019 Human Development Index, Mali faces long-standing economic and development challenges. In addition, the north and east of the…

Morocco can get through COVID-19 and drought shocks

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MOROCCO

This follows an earlier downgrade from Fitch. Morocco’s principal exports -- automotive, phosphates and tourism in particular -- are vulnerable to global market volatility…