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NewsletterNewsletterRice Market Monitor- September 2007 2007Since the last issue of the Monitor, FAO has upgraded its forecasts of global paddy production in 2006 and 2007. Much of the 2007 revision reflects improved prospects for India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria and the United States, while floods, drought and other setbacks worsened the outlook in China, Pakistan, the Philippines and Viet Nam.
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NewsletterNewsletterRice Market Monitor - June 2007 2007
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No results found.FAO’s March forecast of global paddy production in 2007 has been raised by 5 million tonnes to 638 million tonnes, which would represent a mere 1 percent increase from 2006. So far into the season, only countries situated in the Southern Hemisphere have harvested their main 2007 crops, the results of which have been rather disappointing. -
NewsletterNewsletterRice Market Monitor - December 2007 2007With the bulk of the 2007 season paddy crops already harvested, the FAO forecast of world paddy production in 2007 has been lifted by 2 million tonnes to 645 million tonnes (430 million tonnes in milled rice eq.), which represents a modest increase of 4 million tonnes, or 0.6 percent, from 2006. Virtually all of the year-to-year world expansion is expected to arise in Asia, while contractions are anticipated in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Oceania, where crops have been co nstrained by adverse weather often associated with “La Niña” conditions. Production in Asia is now foreseen to expand by about 5 million tonnes to 585 million tonnes, spearheaded by large absolute gains in China, India, Indonesia and Myanmar, but also in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines and Thailand. By contrast, Bangladesh, Cambodia, DPR of Korea, the Rep. of Korea, Sri Lanka and Turkey are forecast to face a decline. Exceptionally wet conditions pre vailed in large parts of Africa, hindering crops in most locations and causing production in the region to fall to an expected 21.6 million tonnes, slightly below the good 2006 performance. Much of the decline is foreseen to concentrate in Egypt, but also in Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali and Nigeria. By contrast, Benin, Chad, Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal and Tanzania are set to harvest larger crops.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyDairy Development in Kenya 2011
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No results found.Over the last five decades the global dairy sector has seen substantive changes with major intensification, scaling-up and efficiency of production driven by demand from a growing human population and disposal incomes. This growth was achievable through the developments in animal breeding, nutrition, feed efficiency, animal health, housing and automation and supporting policies, strategies and organizations. Such changes are not however reflected across the whole dairy sector and while some deve loping countries have seen a major expansion in small-scale milk production, small-scale dairying in other countries has largely stagnated. Dairying contributes positively to human wellbeing in a variety of different ways: nutrition through quality food products, income and employment, organic fertilizer as well as assets and savings. There are however negative aspects associated with dairying including its contribution to Green House Gases, pollution and waste disposal, food safety and human he alth, use of grains for feed, animal welfare and erosion of biodiversity. In order to inform the public and to make rational policy and investment decisions related to the dairy sector, it is essential to fully understand these complex interactions and their consequences. This paper provides a review of these issues for the dairy sector of Kenya. We hope this paper will provide accurate and useful information to its readers and any feedback is welcome by the author and the Livestock Production Systems Branch (AGAS) or to the Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division (AGS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). -
DocumentOther documentDeveloping sustainable, green and inclusive agricultural value chains in the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands 2014
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No results found.In 2012 the ACP/EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) commissioned studies of agricultural value chains in West, Central and East Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.1 These studies, which were commissioned at the request of and funded by FAO, focused on issues relating to green and inclusive chains that were established through private sector initiative and which have proved to be sustainable or have the potential to be sustainable. A report for each region was pre pared in early 2013. This report summarises and integrates the findings of the reports that cover the Caribbean and Pacific regions, focusing on innovative and otherwise interesting aspects of chain structure and development. -
DocumentOther documentThe importance of Ukraine and the Russian Federation for global agricultural markets and the risks associated with the current conflict
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