Rice value chain/Ghana - $145 Mio grant to advance smallholder farmers in the rice sector In order to reduce hunger and boost food and nutrition security, supporting smallholder farmers at increasing their productivity and inclusiveness... 17/03/2015
FrieslandCampina to take over Ivorian dairy business On 1 September 2014 the farmer-owned Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina announced that it had acquired Olam International’s dairy business in... 06/11/2014
Scope for attracting informal cereals trade into the formal sector The World Bank has published a policy paper on the scope for improving informal cross-border trade in maize, rice and beans, proposing the establis... 05/11/2014
Global dairy price volatility could exacerbate challenges faced by Eastern and Southern Africa dairy sectors In August 2014, the Dairy Association of Zambia (DAZ) called on the Zambian government to “consider zero-rating milk products for value added tax i... 11/10/2014
The EU’s transatlantic trade agreements – possible implications for ACP exporters Introduction2013 saw important developments in the EU’s transatlantic trade relations, with the launch of the EU–US Transatlantic Trade and Investm... 28/09/2014
Major trends in global poultry sector reviewed According to a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) review of the global poultry sector, world poultry production and consumption are exp... 28/09/2014
World prices to rise faster for meat, dairy and fish than for cereals – but the ACP may miss out According to the latest annual OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook, growth rates in world prices for meat, dairy and fish (together with biofuels) will o... 28/09/2014
Südzucker - corporate profile Ownership structureSüdzucker is the largest beet sugar company in the EU and the world, with an EU sugar output of 4.9 million tonnes and total sug... 27/09/2014
Developments in the global and EU dairy market The EC report on developments in the dairy market and the operation of the EU’s “milk package”, published in June 2014, highlighted the current “qu... 21/08/2014
The WTO and animal welfare-related trade restrictions Animal welfare concerns were raised at the International Meat Secretariat Veal Committee meeting in mid June 2014 over the possible implication for... 17/08/2014