SUMMARY

In most of the years analysed, farmers received prices that were lower than what they would have obtained with better market access or more favourable domestic policies (Figure 1).

However, farm gate prices started increasing in 2005 and price incentives (relative to international prices) improved following the global food price spikes of 2008. Farmers thus increased production based on their perception of improving prices.

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

• Significant dry conditions observed in southern areas, but generally favourable rains received in the large producing central provinces

• In southern areas, a second consecutive poor harvest would weigh heavily on food security conditions

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Wheat and rice prices mostly fall around the region

Strong production generally kept domestic prices around the region stable or drove them slightly down for wheat, wheat flour and rice, except in India and Myanmar where government procurement programmes pushed prices higher. Overall, however, prices were mostly higher than at the same time last year, according to FAO’s Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS).

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

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.

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.

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

Situation des prix au niveau mondial:

L'Indice FAO des prix alimentaires s'est établi en moyenne à 215,5 points en avril 2013, soit une hausse de 2 points (1%) par rapport à la valeur révisée de mars (213,2 points). Cet accroissement de l’indice est presqu’exclusivement lié à une forte augmentation des prix des produits laitiers.

Situation des prix en RDC: Marchés à surveiller

Une nouvelle étude de la FAO souligne le rôle des insectes dans l’alimentation humaine et animale

13 mai 2013, Rome - Les forêts, les arbres sur les exploitations et l'agroforesterie sont essentiels à la lutte contre la faim et devraient être mieux intégrés aux politiques de sécurité alimentaire et d'utilisation des sols, a affirmé aujourd'hui le Directeur général de la FAO M. José Graziano da Silva lors de la Conférence internationale sur les forêts au service de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition qui se tient à Rome du 13 au 15 mai.