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August 3, 2021 10:23 AM
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The 4th Global Food Security conference highlighted four major developments: the shift from food security to food systems; a focus on diets and consumption patterns; the importance of unknown futures and inherent uncertainties and risks; and the central role of multi-level connections between local- and global-oriented research. These shifts highlight the importance for research to contribute to dialogue and collective intelligence through evidence-based brokerage, and to move beyond polarization of debates. These shifts also call for the involvement of scientists in multi-stakeholder arrangements to strengthen innovation and learning at different levels, and for their participation in foresight studies to help navigate plausible futures. Delegates discussed five scientific challenges to be addressed through both research investments and by improving science-policy interfaces.
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August 3, 2021 9:28 AM
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English News and Press Release on Algeria about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and Epidemic; published on 02 Aug 2021 by FAO...
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August 3, 2021 9:06 AM
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La récolte céréalière dans le gouvernorat de Siliana a atteint 815 mille quintaux. Et ce depuis le début de la moisson et jusqu'à hier dimanche 1 août.
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August 3, 2021 7:08 AM
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In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation. To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.
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August 3, 2021 7:02 AM
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August 3, 2021 6:39 AM
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Summer 2021 will likely be one of the hottest on record as dozens of cities in the West experience all-time high temperatures. The extreme heat felt in many parts of the US is causing hundreds of deaths, wildfires and worsening drought conditions in more than a dozen states. How is all this scorching heat affecting the wider economy? As one economists who studied NS Effects of weather and climate changeIn this article, I have examined a large body of work that links heat to economic consequences. Here are four ways extreme heat damages the economy—and a little good news. - Has an impact on growth
- Decline in crop yield
- Increases Energy Use
- Education and Earnings Affected
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August 3, 2021 6:27 AM
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In early June, Romanian wheat farmer Costin Telehuz was brimming with optimism, especially after last year’s punishing drought. Then came the rain. Three weeks of relentless downpours have hurt the harvest quality much more than the size. Now, he thinks just half of his crop is good enough to make the chewy dough used in bakery products, compared with the majority in a normal year. Much of the rest will end up as animal feed, fetching a lower price.
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August 3, 2021 5:52 AM
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Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau promised on Thursday that federal help was coming for ranchers and farmers in Western Canada and parts of Ontario who are suffering from the drought. Speaking to reporters in Winnipeg after a tour of the hard-hit Interlake Region in Manitoba, Bibeau announced the early designation of the Livestock Tax Deferral provision for the drought regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. The move will allow beef producers who are forced to sell a significant portion of their breeding herd due to the drought to offset the resulting revenues with the cost of replacing the herd. A map of initial areas eligible for the 2021 Livestock Tax Deferral is here.
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August 3, 2021 5:38 AM
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Argentina said on Saturday it would dedicate $10.4 million to help ease the pain caused by an ongoing drought that has seen the Parana River, a key transport route for the country's precious grain crop, wither to its lowest level in 77 years.
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August 3, 2021 5:32 AM
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European wheat prices rose on Wednesday, supported by concerns about both the United States where dry weather is hurting spring wheat and about Europe where wet weather is hampering the harvest and potentially threatening crop quality. Benchmark December milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext closed 1.6% higher at 218.25 euros a tonne. "What is supporting the market is the weather mainly, a lack of rain in the two Dakota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and, on the opposite, in Europe, rain is forecast for France, Baltic Germany and the UK, which continues to fuel quality fears and delays harvests," a trader said.
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August 3, 2021 4:28 AM
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Conab predicts crop failure in three states due to water stress, followed by frost. There is risk of moderate and severe frosts in Sao Paulo and Parana states, which could affect second corn that is in the grain-filling stage as well as wheat that is in the flowering stage. Corn and wheat in Mato Grosso do Sul could also be hit by frosts, though in fewer areas, Conab said. Conab predicts crop failure due to water stress followed by frosts in three states in relation to second corn, Reuters said. A production drop is also expected for wheat due to drought in Goiás and frosts in Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo and western fields in Paraná.
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August 3, 2021 3:52 AM
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Deep water berth has a length of 309 meters and total area of nearly 7,700 square meters. Depth at the berth is 16.9 meters, making it the deepest berth in the Azov-Black Sea basin.
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July 29, 2021 7:42 AM
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L'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'agriculture et l'alimentation (FAO) a publié en juin son rapport semestriel Outlook, sur la situation des principaux marchés mondiaux de denrées alimentaires (céréales, huiles végétales, sucre, viande, produits laitiers, produits de la mer). Les auteurs observent une augmentation du prix de ces denrées, en particulier le blé, les autres céréales et les huiles végétales : le prix des protéines en mai 2021 était 23 % plus élevé qu'en mai 2020, et le prix général des calories a augmenté de 34 % sur la même période. Les auteurs présentent également des prévisions pour les années 2021 et 2022 (cf. figure ci-dessous) et ils anticipent notamment un risque de crise alimentaire dans les 47 pays à faible revenu et peu autosuffisants en nourriture : leur ratio d'importations alimentaires sur importations totales devrait augmenter de 20 % en 2021, soit cinq fois plus que pour les pays les moins développés.
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August 3, 2021 9:32 AM
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August 3, 2021 9:27 AM
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Avec moins de surfaces implantées qu'attendu et des rendements qui semblent se dégrader, la Russie revoit ses estimations de récolte à la baisse.
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August 3, 2021 8:52 AM
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L’Union européenne a envoyé trois bombardiers pour aider les pompiers turcs à maîtriser les feux, alors que près de 100 000 hectares sont partis en fumée depuis le début de l’année.
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August 3, 2021 7:06 AM
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The Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel opment (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations as well as input from collaborating member countries to provide an annual assessment of the prospects for the coming decade of national, regional and global agricultural commodity markets. The publication consists of 11 Chapters; Chapter 1 covers agricultural and food markets; Chapter 2 provides regional outlooks and the remaining chapters are dedicated to individual commodities.
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August 3, 2021 6:42 AM
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While crops in the United States and Canada are already being impacted by hot and dry weather conditions, China is looking to Australia for its high-protein wheat supply. China has continued to turn to Australia while it scours the market for high-protein wheat, with that source the most competitive despite approaching the end of the marketing year when supply is typically tight and prices high.
But record-breaking summer temperatures across North America have led to drought conditions in Canada and the US, raising fears over supply and pushing those supply sources out of the competition.
Trade sources have reported firm interest for Australian high-protein wheat (APH) from China for September-October dates, with some transactions said to have been concluded.
That comes despite very strong Australian exports this marketing year, breaking records in some months and draining the volumes left for export on these dates, which are among the last months of the 2020-21 local marketing year. At the same time, the September-October period is usually when new crop supply from the US and Canada starts to heavily arrive in the market, depressing prices. But both countries are facing hot and dry weather that has already affected crop conditions and raised fears over the expected size of supply and quality. That, in turn, has pushed prices up.
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August 3, 2021 6:34 AM
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Lack of rainfall and excessive use of underground water in the past year has triggered drought alert for the Konya Plain, which is at the heart of the country’s agriculture capital, raising concerns over the production of future crops. More than 30 percent loss occurred in the wheat harvest that started as of July in the Central Anatolian province of Konya’s Karapınar district, which is considered the driest region of Turkey, according to daily Milliyet. This negative picture is expected to be reflected in the prices of flour, wheat and animal feed in the coming days. Experts pointed out that although groundwater was extracted from 50 meters deep in the basin until five years ago, this distance increased to over 150 meters due to drought and excessive consumption. Nadi Özdil, the secretary-general of the Karapınar Chamber of Agriculture, stated that grain harvesting could not be done on a large land of 100,000 decares and that the annual wheat production capacity of 20 million tons was expected to decrease to 15 million tons due to drought and climate change-related reasons.
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August 3, 2021 5:55 AM
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Russian wheat is becoming more expensive due to an internal tax on wheat exports, a situation that has implications for the global wheat market. The Russian government imposed a tax on wheat exports in mid-February on a temporary basis, and made it permanent in mid-June. The tax was part of efforts by Russian leader Vladimir Putin to get food prices under control. The price of bread rose 7.8% in 2020 and has gone up 3% more so far this year. Investments in agricultural technology over the last few years have made Russia into the world’s biggest exporter of grain. Farmers worry that the tax will cut into their profit margins.
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August 3, 2021 5:49 AM
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IGC Conference speakers say the industry functioned well through difficult circumstances. With the COVID-19 pandemic finally starting to ebb, speakers at this year’s International Grains Council (IGC) Conference, held virtually June 8-9 as a precautionary measure, said the global grains and oilseeds supply chain has handled COVID-19 well, despite wrestling with labor supply problems, closed borders, high shipping costs and wild swings in demand, notably away from biodiesel as vehicle use shrank dramatically with people around the world staying home. The feed sector had problems keeping its workforce safe and got a reminder that buffer stocks are necessary to cover shocks to the system, while oilseeds producers and traders are looking forward to renewed biofuel demand. For grains, favorable weather has brightened the production outlook.
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August 3, 2021 5:35 AM
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Spring wheat yields across the northwest quarter of North Dakota are well below average this year as severe heat and long stretches of dry weather sapped crop potential, scouts on an annual tour of the country's top producing state said on Wednesday. The tour estimated the average yield at 24.6 bushels per acre (bpa) on the second day of the three-day Wheat Quality Council tour, down from 40.8 bpa in 2019 and the five-year average of 42.4 bpa. The tour was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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August 3, 2021 5:10 AM
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Global wheat flour trade is forecast to increase by 7% in marketing year 2021-22 compared to the previous year, according to a report released July 29 by the International Grains Council (IGC). The IGC projects shipments in the coming year to reach 14.9 million tonnes (wheat equivalent), unchanged from its April forecast and up from an estimated 13.9 million tonnes in 2020-21, a lowest in seven years.
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August 3, 2021 4:24 AM
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World hunger spiked last year, outpacing population growth and probably reaching the highest since 2005, as the Covid-19 pandemic curbed incomes and access to food, according to the United Nations. As many as 811 million people -- about a 10th of the global population -- were undernourished in 2020, the UN said in a report on Monday. The agency said it’ll now take a “tremendous” effort for the world to fulfill a pledge to end hunger by 2030, and reiterated a call to transform food systems. The fallout from the pandemic put healthy food further out of reach for many people, and this year’s surge in food prices to the highest in almost a decade is particularly bad news for poorer countries dependent on imports. Conflict, climate change and economic downturns -- the major drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition -- continue to increase in both frequency and intensity, and are occurring more often in combination. Other highlights of the report - Malnutrition remains a challenge. Among children, 22% under 5 were stunted, 6.7% were too thin and 5.7% overweight -- figures that could be higher once the pandemic’s impact is fully known.
- For every 10 food-insecure men, there were 11 food-insecure women.
- The report outlined policies that could improve access to healthy diets, including authorities intervening in supply chains to lower nutritious food costs, social protection measures and helping farmers tackle climate issues.
- “While 2020 was an immense challenge for the world, it may also be a warning of unwelcome events to come if more resolute actions to change course are not taken,” the UN said.
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July 29, 2021 8:38 AM
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En Chine, le « Document Central Numéro 1 » définit chaque année les priorités politiques. L'agriculture et les zones rurales figurent au premier rang de ces priorités depuis 18 années consécutives. Après seulement huit années d'efforts pour réduire la pauvreté, les orientations données par ce Document Central Numéro 1 indiquent qu’ils ont permis de sortir de la pauvreté quelques 100 millions d’habitants démunis des zones rurales. Cette année, les nouveaux objectifs prioritaires sont la revitalisation des zones rurales et la modernisation de l’agriculture.
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the Conference Committee is pleased to announce that the commitment of making the content of the conference available for a wider audience has been honoured. It can be accessed here. --> https://muse.edu.umontpellier.fr/4th-global-food-security-conference/