The Food Outlook of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that came out in June, 2010 has predicted that world cereal production would be reaching a record level of 2279.5 million tonnes in 2010-2011, which would be an increase of 1.2 percent over last year’s global production of 2253.1 million tonnes. As a result, it has been predicted that there would be a modest increase in world trade in cereal...
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Drought hit HP farmers to get cheaper kharif seeds by Baldev S Chauhan
Drought hit farmers in Himachal Pradesh will get 50 per cent subsidy on kharif seeds. “Due to deficient rains from October to March coupled with the abnormal rise in temperature in March and April the standing grain Crops have been partly damaged,” said a spokesman of the state agriculture department. The official said in the current kharif season, about 35,000 quintals of seeds will be supplied by the department to the farmers...
More »FAO sees bigger 2010 grain Crops, price pressure by Svetlana Kovalyova
World cereals output is expected to rise this year to near-record highs, swelling overall supplies and putting pressure on already weakened prices, the UN’s food agency said on Thursday. The global wheat output is forecast to fall for the third consecutive year, but at 676.5 million tonnes it would still be close to 2008 record levels, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said, raising its earlier forecast for 2010. Overall cereals output...
More »EU to overhaul GM crop system
The European Union is to radically overhaul its approval system for genetically modified (GM) Crops from next month, opening the way to large-scale GM cultivation in Europe, EU sources said on Friday. With most Europeans showing no appetite for GM produce in food, EU politicians have approved just two varieties for growing in 12 years, compared with more than 150 worldwide. Under proposals due to be adopted on 13 July,...
More »Population, incomes tilt India towards food imports
India's anxiety over erratic monsoon rains will become more acute as rising incomes and a growing population push up demand for farmed produce faster than supply, turning the nation into a major importer within 5 years. Forecasts of a normal monsoon this year have stirred hopes for smooth supplies and low inflation, reversing setbacks from last year's poor rains. But the country must boost yields if it is to feed...
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