Highligths: Area planted with cereals in 2024/25 is estimated to be 2.9 percent below the previous five-year average, due to below-average rainfall amounts at planting time, farmers'...
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At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), a joint FAO/WFP CFSAM visited the country from 15 to 28 July 2024 to estimate the 2024 crop production, identify factors that affected...
The triannual Crop Prospects and Food Situation report provides a forward-looking global analysis of cereal production, market trends and food security conditions, with a particular attention on low-income...
With 2024 likely to rank among the warmest years on record, weather continued to dom- inate commodity market news in recent weeks, in both positive and negative ways...
Wheat prices are ebbing under the harvest pressure from the northern hemisphere. Fresh supplies from the southern hemisphere are doing the same for maize prices, even as harvests...
The month of May marks the release of the first forecasts for global cereal production, but with many crops yet to be planted in the northern hemisphere, there is a high level of uncertainty...
The annual FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) was conducted from 3 to 14 December 2023 to estimate the annual cereal production during 2023...
Harvesting of maize and soybeans in the southern hemisphere is progressing, but lack of rain earlier in the season and high temperatures have constrained yields. In the northern hemisphere, winter crops also...
El NiƱo-linked drought has caused widespread crop damage and wilting in Southern Africa, with 2024 harvests expected at below-average levels. Import requirements forecast to increase...