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Though fisheries can contribute to nutritional needs, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable natural resource management in many developing countries, their role in the achievement...

The Food Security Bulletin is part of the national information and early warning system which provides up to date contextual information on the state of food and nutrition security in Timor-Leste. WFP...

Highlights Cooking oil prices increased by 17 percent within the month of April and a further 54 percent in one year on account of reduced global supply coupled...

Highlights As the price of fuel increases substantially, a noticeable upward trend in food prices was observed across Timor-Leste in March 2022 compared to the previous...

Following the heavy rains across Timor-Leste in early April 2021 that resulted in flash floods and landslides in all the 13 municipalities, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) requested...

An uptick in the nominal price of local rice observed in the last two weeks of September following steady declines in the preceding months. Based on seasonal patterns, nominal prices...

A significant drop in local rice prices as the main harvest nearly complete, signalling increased availability. Policy-wise, direct institutional purchases of local rice from local farmers...

Local rice supply continues to improve seasonally as harvests continue in several municipalities. As such on the back of relatively above average harvest, a further weakening or stable grain...

As the main rice harvest season comes towards the tail-end, the abundance of new supplies on the local market meant local rice price continued to fall at national level...

The 2021 production of maize, rice and root crops (in cereal equivalent) is forecast at about 136 400 tonnes, nearly 8 percent above the past five-year...