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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Thursday the agency sees Russia's official wheat crop estimate as "not feasible".
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DDG Paugam: Trade is crucial to ensure sustainable food supplies in times of crisis —...
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CHRONIQUE. Le grain doré oscille autour de 280 à 285 euros la tonne, loin de son plus haut historique, à 438 euros la tonne, atteint mi-mai 2022, observe, dans sa chronique, Laurence Girard, journaliste économique au « Monde ».
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Un rapport publié par le Forum économique mondial a récemment salué les efforts du Maroc en matière d'indicateurs de sécurité ....
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Ecological farming, such as organic and low-input farming, is gaining popularity in the public discourse. One question is how this type of farming may impact farm labour from a socio-economic point of view. The article first discusses how low-input farming practices (i.e. with lower reliance on inputs derived from fossil fuels) may affect the economic returns to labour, measured as the farm’s revenue per hour of labour input, on data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) in 2004--2015 for four European countries. Returns to labour appear to be highest at the two extremes – very low-input farms and highly intensive farms. Farms in the low-input end of the spectrum are in the minority, while the overwhelming majority of farms are intensive and have internal economic incentives to intensify further. The article also analyses how working conditions differ between organic and conventional dairy farms in two European countries based on interviews with farmers in 2019. Results show that all dimensions of working conditions are affected by being an organic farm or not, but this is not the only factor. There are many influences on working conditions, such as the production context and workforce composition
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By synthetically producing nitrogen fertilizers from ammonia (NH3), the Haber–Bosch process has been feeding humanity for more than one hundred years. However, current NH3 production relies on fossil fuels, and is energy and carbon intensive. This commits humanity to emissions levels not compatible with climate goals and commits agricultural production to fossil fuels dependency. Here, we quantify food and energy implications of transitioning nitrogen fertilizers to net-zero CO2 emissions. We find that 1.07 billion people are fed from food produced from imported nitrogen fertilizers. An additional 710 million people are fed from imported natural gas feedstocks used for fertilizers production, meaning that 1.78 billion people per year are fed from imports of either fertilizers or natural gas. These findings highlight the reliance of global food production on trading and fossil fuels, hence its vulnerability to supply and energy shocks. However, alternative routes to achieve net-zero emissions in NH3 production exist, which are based on carbon capture and storage, electrification, and biomass. These routes comply with climate targets while mitigating the risks associated with food security. Yet, they require more land, energy, and water than business-as-usual production, exacerbating land and water scarcity and the use of limited natural resources. Transitioning fertilizers to net-zero emissions can contribute to climate and food security goals, although water, land, and energy trade-offs should be considered.
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La Direction générale de l'agriculture et du développement rural (DG AGRI) de la Commission européenne a publié, le 9 décembre 2022, un rapport sur les perspectives agricoles de l’Union européenne (UE) 2022-2032. Les projections effectuées
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Some U.S. and Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of deliberately slowing down inspections, which a Russian official denied.
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La production de blé australien pour la campagne de commercialisation 2022/23 devrait dépasser les estimations les plus optimistes, mais une...
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Global grains stocks-to-use ratio the tightest since 2012-13.
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Selon l’ONG Public Eye, les bénéfices des négociateurs de matières premières fossiles et agricoles explosent depuis le début du conflit en Ukraine.
Because of its dependence on food imports, Egypt is particularly vulnerable to the high world food prices and trade shocks triggered by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Imports account for more than 40% of Egypt’s calorie consumption, and the country is the world’s largest importer of wheat, with about 85% coming from Russia and Ukraine before the war began. Since then, supply disruptions, high global market prices, and other factors have led to sharp rises in domestic food inflation, which reached 31% in November. This in turn is a major driver of rising overall annual inflation, which soared from 6% to 19% in between January and November 2022 (CBE, 2022)—the highest rate in five years.
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June 5-9, 2023 Following the immensely successful 2018 Sorghum in the 21st Century Global Sorghum Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, the international sorghum community is preparing to gather again in 2023 to share and learn about the latest developments in research, innovation and industry. Organized by CIRAD in consortium with its global partners, the conference will encompass the entirety of the sorghum value chain - from genetics to agronomics to end uses - and will highlight many of the key challenges currently being faced by sorghum around the world. Topics and sessions will be targeted to both researchers and the private sector, with many opportunities for cross-sectoral networking.
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Economic growth and inflation will slow in the coming months, but commodity prices are likely to be volatile as the world’s farmers try to catch up with the global appetite for food, said two leading agricultural economists on Wednesday. “I think that...
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Le rassemblement, organisé à l’appel de plusieurs collectifs d’artisans, revendique l’extension du bouclier à « tous les artisans ».
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Conférence donnée dans le cadre des \
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La production d’engrais azotés à partir d’ammoniac est un procédé coûteux en énergie fossile et émetteur de gaz à effet de serre. Dans une perspective de transition écologique et énergétique, une étude parue dans Environmental Research Letters évalue trois méthodes de production au regard de leur intensité en énergie et de la pression sur la ressource en eau ou sur les terres arables. Les auteurs soulignent l’intérêt de la décarbonation de la production d’engrais azotés, notamment pour les pays vulnérables aux variations de prix des énergies fossiles (importateurs d’engrais azotés ou de gaz/charbon pour leur production) : Inde, Brésil, Chine, France, Turquie, Allemagne, etc.
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Le dernier numéro de la revue Politique américaine réunit des articles traitant de diverses questions liées à l'alimentation. Dans sa contribution, le géographe J. Lohnes (West Virginia University) s'appuie sur neuf ans d'implication dans les réseaux
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La guerre en Ukraine constitue un choc d’offre majeur sur les marchés mondiaux de matières premières, déjà sujets à de fortes tensions depuis le début de 2021. Les dynamiques de prix induites s’expliquent principalement par la part combinée des bélligérants dans les exportations mondiales, mais leur transmission dépend aussi de caractéristiques propres à chaque marché, comme le niveau des stocks, le degré de segmentation des marchés ou les restrictions aux exportations, ainsi que des effets de contagion des prix gaziers sur ceux des autres produits de base, et de l’intensité des stratégies spéculatives, haussières puis baissières. C’est, à plus long terme, la question de l’impact de cet événement majeur sur les mutations structurelles déjà en cours des marchés mondiaux de matières premières qui doit être posée, en particulier au regard de la transition énergétique. ...
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La Tunisie doit accorder une plus grande importance au secteur agricole qui garantit la sécurité alimentaire des citoyens et contribue au développement.
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Members of the International Grains Council (IGC) convened for the 57th Council Session on 20 January 2023 at the International Maritime Organization, London. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Florence Kaibi, Agriculture Attaché, Kenya Embassy to Belgium, Luxembourg & Mission to the EU, Brussels. Among other activities reporting, the Secretariat updated members on the intended expansion of durum and pulses prices coverage, together with the addition of grains reference prices and freight rates for the Baltic region. Additionally, the incorporation of sunflowerseed supply and demand analysis into its regular monitoring activities was noted, while a proposed survey on wheat quality criteria, to be undertaken with MED-Amin, was presented.
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Jan 17 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia needed to maintain stable food reserves, if necessary by restricting some exports, but did not provide specific details.It was not clear whether Putin was suggesting that Russia, which has cut supplies of gas to some of the countries it considers "unfriendly" since its invasion of Ukraine, might limit exports of major food commodities such as grain, which much of the world depends on.In televised remarks to a meeting on economic issues chaired by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Putin said the agro-industry had ma
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Egypt has set its wheat procurement price at 1,250 Egyptian pounds ($42.23) per ardeb (150 kilograms) for the 2023 local procurement season, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on state TV on Wednesday.
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La valeur de la production agricole nationale a augmenté de 17,4 % en 2022, juste sous les 100 milliards d’euros.
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