Following the tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on Cambodian rice, Cambodia’s rice export to EU fell sharply 32 per cent in the first six months, showed data from the Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality
Agriculture
Philippines top buyer of US wheat in the week
Philippines is among the top five countries that are seen to comprise a quarter of the world’s wheat imports over the next 10 years, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Combating obesity and hunger at small island developing states
Obesity affecting populations of the small island developing states (SIDS) is a health emergency and these nations need to take ownership of measures to address this worrying trends underlying causes, said FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva
‘Avocados, coffee and citrus fruit threaten global food security’
A study by researchers at University of Maryland found how Western appetites for foods like avocados, coffee and citrus fruit are threatening global food security, having looked at 40 years of data
OECD-FAO report: Agricultural output growth to keep food prices low over the coming decade
Global demand for agricultural products is projected to grow by 15 per cent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, according to an annual report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)