Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
-
Book (series)Food Outlook: Biannual Report on Global Food Markets. June 2016
Includes a Special Feature — Pulses: a Multi-faceted crop
2016Global food commodity markets are broadly stable, supported by adequate supplies. Prospects for continued stability remain favourable also for 2016/17. Despite larger volumes of imports, the world food import bill is set to decline by 9 percent to a 7-year low in 2016, on expectation of lower international prices and freights. The International Year of Pulses 2016 presents a unique opportunity to bring to the fore the challenges faced by the sector and galvanize stakeholders to ensure the successful role of pulses in food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation and sustainability.This issue of Food Outlook includes a special features section," Pulses: A multi-faceted crop" that presents information and production, consumption and trade statistics on pulses, the contribution of pulses to environmental sustainability and nutritional benefits of pulses. -
-
Book (stand-alone)Food Outlook - June 2008 2008All agricultural commodities covered in this report are of critical importance to global food and feed markets. They constitute much of the world’s food consumption, generate income to farmers and represent the largest portion of food import expenditures across the world. The analysis in the report puts in perspective market developments in recent months with a view to provide some insights into how the outlook might unfold for the commodities covered during the coming months...
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
No results found.