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GIEWS Country Brief: Argentina 16-May-2013

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Wheat production forecast to recover from 2012

  • Record 2013 maize harvest

  • Higher maize exports in marketing year 2013/14

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GIEWS Country Brief: Brazil 16-May-2013

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Maize production in 2013 to reach new records

  • Wheat production expected to recover in 2013

  • Exports of maize could decline in marketing year 2013/14

  • Domestic prices of maize, rice, and wheat are declining

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Asia Pacific Food Situation Update - April 2013

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Strong biosecurity measures needed to contain bird flu Implementing strong biosecurity measures coupled with good hygiene are required to contain the spread of the H7N9 strain of avian influenza virus, Hiroyuki Konuma, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific told a press conference in Bangkok on April 11. The virus had infected 82 people and killed 17 in China by April 19.

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Contribution of forests to food security and nutrition needs more attention

Conference on Forests and Nutrition calls for secure tenure for smallholders

16 May 2013, Rome - Governments, civil society and the private sector should ensure and strengthen the contributions of forests, trees and agroforestry systems to food security and nutrition, participants in the first-ever International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition (13-15 May), organized by FAO, said yesterday.

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GIEWS Country Brief: Guinea-Bissau 14-May-2013

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Above average cereal production gathered in 2012

  • Reduced revenues from cashew nuts (main cash crop) due to lower prices and reduced exports volume

  • Access to food affected by high prices and lower revenues

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Desert Locust situation update 15 May 2013

Hopper bands in Israel for the first time in 50 years; adult groups in interior of Saudi Arabia

As a result of egg-laying in mid-March and low temperatures, hatching occurred from mid-April onwards in the western Negev Desert of Israel and in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt where hoppers are now forming groups and bands in both areas.

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Slow Food and FAO join forces

Three-year agreement to target smallholders, biodiversity

15 May 2013, Rome - FAO and the international Slow Food organization agreed today to develop joint actions to improve the livelihoods of smallholders and others working in rural areas.

Under a three-year Memorandum of Agreement signed here the two organizations will join forces to promote more inclusive food and agriculture systems at local, national and international levels.

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Somalia Dekadal Rainfall Update 1st Dekad of May 2013, Issued on 14/05/2013

This bulletin provides summary of 10 days (Dekadal) observed rainfall in Somalia

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GIEWS Country Brief: Ghana 13-May-2013

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Above-average cereal production in 2012, despite erratic precipitation in parts of the country

  • Access to food constrained by high food prices

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GIEWS Country Brief: Malawi 13-May-2013

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Maize production in 2013 is forecast at an above average level, similar to last year

  • Maize prices continued to climb sharply in March 2013, reaching alarming levels

  • Nearly 2 million people were estimated to be food insecure. However, conditions are expected to improve with the arrival of the 2013 harvest

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Edible insects: Future prospects for food and feed security

Consuming insects is an alternative solution to conventional livestock and feed sources as food insecurity persists and the demand for protein among the middle classes increases.

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Forest products critical to fight hunger - including insects

New study highlights role of insects for food and feed consumption

Rome, 13 May 2013 – Forests, trees on farms and agroforestry are critical in the fight against hunger and should be better integrated into food security and land use policies, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition in Rome (13-15 May).

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Global Food Price Monitor - May 2013

  • Export prices of maize fell markedly in April. International wheat prices followed mixed trends with US quotations unchanged but those from the Black Sea and Argentina significantly down. Rice prices generally weakened.

  • In Western Africa, cereal prices in Nigeria increased sharply in recent months, leading to higher domestic prices also in bordering Niger and Benin.

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The FAO Food Price Index moving up for the second consecutive month

» The FAO Food Price Index averaged 215.5 points in April 2013, up 2 points (1.0 percent) from its revised March value of 213.2 points and from April last year. At that level, the index is only 9 percent below the peak reached in February 2011. Similar to the price development in March, the April increase was driven almost exclusively by a sharp rise in dairy quotations, as meat prices rose marginally while those of the other food commodities fell.

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Strong cereal production seen in 2013

New record expected for coarse grains

9 May 2013, Rome - Strong growth is expected for global wheat, coarse grains and rice production in 2013, according to early forecasts published in the May issue of FAO's monthly Cereals Supply and Demand Brief.

Assuming more normal weather conditions than in 2012, global wheat production in 2013 is expected to reach 695 million tonnes, 5.4 percent up from last year's harvest and just some 6 million tonnes short of the 2011 record level.

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Food Security Watch: West Bank and Gaza Strip - April 2013

Overall unfavorable rainfall distribution is expected to cause a below-average cereal harvest. Pests, animal diseases, fishing limits and border closures pose additional threats to food security.