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Agriculture: FAO adds two Tunisian sites to GIAHS list, Ramli and Ghar El Melh and gardens of Djebba El Olia, Traditional Ramli agricultural systems in the lagoons of Ghar El Melh and in the hanging gardens of Djebba El Olia reflect profound bonds between the cultivated crops and the natural ecosystem , Environment, Ansa
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June 16, 2020 9:52 AM
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Terrenet, 15/06 - Le 15 juin, la Commission européenne a communiqué ses nouvelles prévisions de rendement pour les cultures au sein de l’Union européenne. Si le potentiel de rendement baisse toujours plus en blé, orge d’hiver et colza, il remonte pour le maïs.
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June 16, 2020 9:49 AM
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La récolte a atteint 90% des céréales d’été en Chine et la quantité de blé s’est améliorée. La Chine connaîtra une récolte exceptionnelle de céréales cet été grâce à une superficie céréalière stable et à de meilleurs rendements agricoles, a annoncé lundi le ministère chinois de l’Agriculture et des Affaires rurales. La superficie céréalière d’été est de 400 millions de mu (environ 26,67 millions d’hectares) cette année. Lundi, la récolte a atteint 90% des céréales d’été. La qualité du blé, qui est le pilier des céréales d’été, s’est améliorée et son rendement devrait augmenter de 4 kg par mu en moyenne, d’après le ministre de l’agriculture. Ce dernier a également déclaré que le pays asiatique a alloué plus de 1,6 milliard de yuans (environ 225,66 millions de dollars américains) à la prévention et au contrôle des maladies et des ravageurs du blé.
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June 10, 2020 9:30 AM
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The last several years have been not easy for Algeria. The country has undergone considerable political turmoil and the economy has underperformed. Now Algeria’s precarious economic and political situation is being hit hard by the growing presence of the coronavirus. The economy, which was also slammed by the recent Russian-Saudi price war, is now expected to contract 5.2 percent for 2020. Algeria is one of Europe’s major natural gas suppliers and sits in a region marked by the large flow of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, factors that elevate its geopolitical importance to the European Union, especially France and Italy, which are major trade customers and would be on the receiving end of any new waves of migrants.
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June 10, 2020 9:29 AM
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The agriculture sector in Egypt, which has suffered neglect over many decades, has found a silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic. The disease outbreak has disrupted the supply chain around the world, with major producers finding it either difficult to send their crops to foreign markets or unable to satisfy demand in local markets. This has opened up a window of opportunity for Egyptian agricultural products in foreign markets, including those that were difficult to enter in the past because of fierce competition with products from other countries.
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June 10, 2020 9:28 AM
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Jeudi 4 juin 2020 Entretien avec Rayco González, professeur de sémiotique à l'Université de Burgos. Il est coauteur du livre Documentos del presente. Una mirada semiótica (Lengua de Trapo,2018). Modération : Dominique Vidal, journaliste et historien.
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June 10, 2020 8:46 AM
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Cyclope, 09/06 - Cyclope est une société d’études, spécialisée dans l’analyse des marchés mondiaux des matières premières. Une dizaine d’années avant la Peste Noire qui devait ravager l’Europe en 1348, le peintre siennois Ambrogio Lorenzetti décora la salle du Conseil du Palais Public de Sienne de fresques illustrant le bon et le mauvais gouvernement. C’est « l’Allegoria ed effetti del Cattivo Governo », l’Allégorie des effets d’un mauvais gouvernement, qui illustre la trente-quatrième édition du Rapport CyclOpe sur les marchés mondiaux. C’est qu’avant même la grande pandémie du coronavirus, l’heure était au grand désordre du monde, aux tensions géopolitiques, aux guerres commerciales, à la remise ne cause des traités internationaux.
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FAO-AMIS, 04/06 - Although global supplies of basic foodstuffs remain abundant, shocks created by COVID-19 started taking a toll on food markets last month. The historic plunge of oil prices, precipitous fall in ethanol production, and deceleration in feed demand led to sharp drops in maize prices. At the same time, protectionist trade policies, albeit temporary, raised concerns for global wheat and rice flows. With the global economic contraction in 2020 now forecast to be worse than the 2009 Great Recession, continued depressed demand in the face of ample supplies are likely to keep markets under pressure. Previous crises demonstrate that international collaboration is paramount to help stabilize food markets and contain the burden of prolonged economic turmoil on the most vulnerable.
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June 5, 2020 9:59 AM
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FAO release, 04/06 - In spite of uncertainties posed by the pandemic, FAO’s first forecasts for the 2020/21 season point to a comfortable cereal supply and demand situation. Early prospects point to global cereal production in 2020 surpassing the previous year’s record by 2.6 percent. Based on conditions of crops already in the ground, planting expectations for those still to be sown, and assuming normal weather for the remainder of the season, world cereal output is forecast at 2 780 million tonnes (including rice in milled equivalent), nearly 70 million tonnes higher than in 2019, setting a new record high. Maize would account for the bulk of the predicted increase, with an expected expansion of 64.5 million tonnes to a record level of 1 207 million tonnes, boosted by record harvests in the United States of America (USA), Canada and Ukraine, and near-record harvests in Brazil and Argentina. Similarly, rice production is seen reaching
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June 3, 2020 10:56 AM
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Dans une récente publication intitulée «La covid-19 et l’impact sur la sécurité alimentaire dans la région du Proche- Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord», l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) dresse un état des lieux contrasté sur la situation des pays de la région. Selon les conclusions de l'organisation onusienne, l’Algérie est vulnérable sur sa sécurité alimentaire intérieure alors que le Maroc et la Tunisie sont plutôt vulnérables quant à leurs exportations agricoles.
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Successfull Farming, 25/05 - Corn produced by U.S. farmers is exported, fed to people and animals, and used to make ethanol as well as many other products. Pete Meyer, Head of Grain and Oilseed Analytics for S&P Global Platts, says that the coronavirus has impacted both corn used for animal feed and ethanol. "Both areas of demand will be watched closely, as they are intertwined. Prior to coronavirus outbreaks at packing plants, it was somewhat easy to add 200 to possibly 300 million bushels to U.S. feed demand ...
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June 2, 2020 10:29 AM
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La Vie Eco, Maroc, 30/05 - L’opération de récolte des céréales devrait concerner seulement 2,3 millions d’hectares, la récolte prévisionnelle devrait totaliser 30 millions de quintaux. C’est incontestable, les départements de l’agriculture et de la pêche maritime ont veillé à l’approvisionnement du marché en différents produits à des prix raisonnables et stables durant ces derniers mois. Et ce en dépit de la situation épidémiologique et les mesures de confinement, a notamment affirmé le ministre de l’agriculture, Aziz Akhannouch. Les professionnels du secteur agricole, toutes catégories confondues, ont consenti de grands efforts depuis 2008, année du lancement du Plan Maroc Vert, a souligné le ministre en réponse à une question centrale à la Chambre des conseillers. Ces efforts ont permis aujourd’hui à l’agriculture marocaine d’acquérir une forte immunité et une capacité d’adaptation. Cette période a constitué un sérieux test pour l’agriculture nationale, en ce sens que le secteur a dû faire face à deux crises : la crise sanitaire du Coronavirus et ses retombées socioéconomiques, et une crise liée aux changements climatiques avec ce qui en découle en termes de pénurie d’eau et de précipitations irrégulières pendant trois années consécutives...
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Liberté Algérie, 13/06 - L’ambition de sortir de la “dépendance céréalière” - En visite à Médéa, M. Omari a demandé que toutes les facilitations nécessaires soient accordées aux paysans. Cherif Omari, ministre de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural, s’est rendu, avant-hier jeudi, dans la wilaya de Médéa où il a donné le coup d’envoi de la campagne moissons-battages 2020 et procédé au lancement de la campagne de lutte contre les incendies, à partir de la commune de Seghouane (45 km au sud du chef-lieu de wilaya). Pour la réussite de la campagne moissons-battages, le ministre a demandé que toutes les facilitations nécessaires en matière d’intrants et en encadrement technique soient accordées aux agriculteurs, ajoutant que le travail doit être axé sur l’optimisation des rendements par l’engagement des professionnels, ainsi que des techniciens et des cadres. “C’est le moyen de renforcer la sécurité alimentaire et de sortir le pays de la dépendance en céréales.
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June 16, 2020 9:52 AM
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Terre-net, 16/06 - Le cours du blé a un peu progressé lundi dans un marché toujours préoccupé par le coronavirus. Ceux du maïs et du soja ont fini proches de l'équilibre. Comme sur l'ensemble des marchés financiers, les investisseurs ont continué de surveiller l'évolution de la pandémie de Covid-19 aux États-Unis et dans le monde. Les craintes d'une deuxième vague sont vives après la résurgence du nombre de contaminations en Chine, centrée autour du marché géant de Xinfadi, au Sud de Pékin. La hausse du nombre de cas dans plusieurs États fédérés américains suscite aussi des inquiétudes. Les acteurs du marché attendent par ailleurs la publication en fin de journée d'un rapport du gouvernement américain sur l'avancée des semis et la qualité des récoltes. Selon les estimations des analystes, 76 % à 77 % des semis de maïs ainsi que 73 % à 74 % des semis de soja vont être jugés « bons à excellents. » S'ils sont confirmés, ces chiffres seraient supérieurs à la semaine précédente.
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June 10, 2020 9:31 AM
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Join us for an interactive webinar to get an update on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural markets and trade, world food supply and food prices, and learn about differences and similarities between the Great Recession of 2009 and the Great Lockdown of 2020.
Featured speakers: Boubaker Ben Belhassen, Director, Trade and Markets Division, FAO Edwini Kessie, Director, Agriculture and Commodities Division, WTO Josef Schmidhuber, Deputy-Director, Trade and Markets Division, FAO
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La pandémie de la Covid-19 nous a montré que les secteurs les plus importants pour la survie de l’homme, sont ceux de la santé et de l’agriculture. Ce dernier secteur doit être considéré comme prioritaire dans tout programme de développement et mérite une attention et un soutien particuliers. Il doit cependant remédier aux inconvénients qu’on …
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Alors que le Covid-19 apparaissait sur le territoire marocain en ce début d’année 2020, très rapidement l’inquiétude d’un bouleversement réel de notre vie en société pointait son nez. Fort heureusement un retour à la normal semble d’actualité en ce début de mois de juin 2020. De plus, tout le monde est inquiet quant aux difficultés économiques que pouvait engendrer cette crise et notamment auprès des agriculteurs marocains. Eclairage.
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Le gouvernement italien a décidé de régulariser temporairement des clandestins travaillant dans les domaines de l'agriculture et de l'aide à domicile, afin de leur garantir une couverture santé face à la crise du coronavirus.
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Bloomberg, 10/06 - One of the worst droughts in four decades is expected to make North Africa the world’s top buyer of foreign wheat. Scant rain through mid-April dimmed Morocco’s crop prospects this year, with harvests in neighboring nations also suffering. Lackluster local supply may boost the region’s wheat purchases by 7.4% to a record 29.7 million tons in the year from July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts. That would put demand ahead of the Middle East and Southeast Asia for the first time in three seasons. While grain tenders have so far been slow, purchases often pick up after local harvests end and suppliers across the Black Sea and Europe collect crops. “Grain farmers in our area are facing many difficulties,” said Fathi Hamdi, 56, who farms in northwest Tunisia’s Beja governate. He expects the local harvest to be 30% down on the previous year. The shortage of rain was as severe as 2016, spurring “critical” harvest prospects, according to the MED-Amin (Mediterranean Agricultural Market Information Network). ...
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June 5, 2020 10:20 AM
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As of the end of May, conditions are generally favourable for maize and soybeans while mixed for wheat and rice. In the Northern Hemisphere, dry conditions persist over winter wheat areas in the EU, Ukraine, southern Russian Federation, and in parts of the US western plains. Spring wheat sowings are ongoing under favourable conditions. For maize, conditions are generally favourable in the Northern Hemisphere except for dry conditions in Europe, Ukraine, and parts of southern Brazil. Rice conditions are favourable in China, India, and the US, while persistent dry conditions in Southeast Asia are impacted dry-season rice in the north and wet-season rice in Indonesia. Soybean harvest is wrapping up in the Southern Hemisphere while in the Northern Hemisphere conditions are generally favourable.
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June 5, 2020 10:02 AM
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FAO release, 04/06 - Global commodity food prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in May, as supplies appear strong and demand weakens due to economic contractions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported today. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks international prices of the most commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 162.5 points in May, 1.9 percent below the previous month and marking its lowest reading since December 2018. The FAO Cereal Price Index declined 1.0 percent from April. International rice prices edged up slightly, buoyed by rising Japonica and Basmati quotations, while wheat export prices fell, amid expectations of ample global supplies. Coarse grain prices fell further, with U.S. maize prices now almost 16 percent below their level of May 2019.
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AMIS Secretariat, 29/05 - Members of the AMIS Rapid Response Forum met for a consultation meeting on 28 May 2020 to discuss the food security implications of COVID-19, and to prepare for more targeted actions depending on the evolution of the crisis. Particular concern was raised regarding the impact of the anticipated economic shock on food and agriculture, which will drastically impede people's access to food. On the positive side, meeting participants emphasized that the global food supply situation at present is broadly comfortable. Despite some spot areas of concern (e.g. dry conditions in the EU and Ukraine), global production of the four AMIS crops is generally expected to meet anticipated demand in 2020/21. At regional level, however, there are several developments that need to be monitored closely, including the ongoing desert locust outbreak in East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and parts of South Asia that poses a serious threat to local grain production. Regarding transport and processing, members pointed out that
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June 2, 2020 10:51 AM
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MercoPress, 15/05 - Argentina is the world's No. 3 soybean and corn exporter, as well as its top supplier of soy-meal livestock feed used to fatten hogs, cattle and poultry from Europe to Southeast Asia. Disruption in shipments from Argentina can throw off global trade flows as importers look to rival suppliers such as Brazil and the United States to fill supply gaps. About 80% of the country's agricultural and agro-industrial exports are shipped from the Rosario region. The water level on the Parana River has already fallen to a near 50-year low, hampering export traffic and causing local industry US$ 244 million in losses over the past four months. Gustavo Idigoras, head of the national chambers of grains exporters and processors (CIARA-CEC), said the riverbank collapse was exacerbating an already difficult situation for operators at the peak season for the export of soy and its by products, and for corn. “Those ships that were already loading at the 32 terminals in that area are loading even less than they were already,” he said.
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APK-Inform, 29/05 - According to APK-Inform, Ukraine already exported 49.9 mln tonnes of grains and pulses in July-April of 2019/20 MY, up 19% compared to the same period of the last season (41.8 mln tonnes) and up 1% compared to the total result of the previous MY (49.3 mln tonnes). The analysts of the agency estimated the export potential at 54.8 mln tonnes, that is unlocked by 91% by the end of the reporting period, informed the head of the business projects division of APK-Inform, Andrey Kupchenko during the online conference «GRAIN&MARITIMES DAYS ONLINE-2020». For 10 months of the current season, Ukraine exported about 18.6 mln tonnes of wheat (+31%). Egypt, Indonesia and Bangladesh were the key destinations for Ukrainian wheat, who imported 44% of the total volume. Moreover, in July-April of 2019/20 MY, Ukraine exported nearly 4.6 mln tonnes of barley, up 37% from the year ago level (3.3 mln tonnes) and up 28% compared to the total volume supplied to the external markets in 2018/19 MY (3.6 mln tonnes). Saudi Arabia and China remained ...
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