Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says
New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according …
Australia says winter crop output to fall by 12% in 2018-19; wheat down 10%
Australia’s total winter crop production is expected to drop by 12 per cent to 33.2 million tonnes, with wheat crop down by 10 percent, as production …
Megatrends such as urbanisation, obesity, politics impacting Asia’s food systems – report
Megatrends such as urbanisation, burden of obesity and undernutrition and politics are driving the divides in Asian food systems and managing them is …
India’s soybean output may rise 20% in 2018-19; cotton output may decline this season
Soybean production in India is set to jump about 20% to over 10 million tonnes in the 2018/2019 crop year that starts in October, industry body Solvent …
Indonesia’s palm oil output, exports rise in July: survey; keeps export tax at zero for September
Production and exports of palm oil from Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of the vegetable oil, rose in July from a month earlier, said a Reuters …
Indian economy may expand by 7.4 per cent in 2018-19, says think tank
Economic policy think-tank NCAER has retained India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal at 7.4 per cent citing comfortable agricultural sector …
Population growth, eating out, fast foods are driving Australia’s food expenditure to record levels – ABARES
Australia’s recent population growth has been the key driver of a near doubling of domestic food consumption over the past 20 years, according to new ABARES …
India’s farm exports up by 6 per cent to $4.68 billion in first three months of FY19
India’s exports of farm and processed food products registered near 6 per cent growth in dollar terms to $4.68 billion during the April-June quarter over …
Global agricultural food commodity prices fell sharply in July, pulled down by dairy, sugar
Decline in rates of dairy products, sugar and vegetable oil pushed down overall global agricultural food commodity prices in July, the Food and Agriculture …
India’s core sector growth rises by 6.7 per cent in June
India’s core sector registered a growth rate of 6.7 per cent in June, according to latest government data. Growth had dropped to a 10-month low of 3.6 per …