WTO cotton discussions: Little progress, growing concerns According to analysis from the WTO Secretariat prepared as part of discussions within the Director General’s Framework Mechanism on Cotton, ‘the ne... 12/08/2012
WTO rules and food insecurity in perspective According to a new report written by a former FAO expert and published by ICSTD, while the increased levels and volatility of food prices since the... 29/07/2012
USDA annual review of EU27 cotton sector According to the latest USDA annual report on the EU cotton sector, EU cotton production has declined by about 50% since the 2006 reforms. However,... 09/07/2012
Good prospects for cocoa prices At the end of May, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) raised its estimates of world production to 3.99 million tonnes as grindings stayed... 02/07/2012
Concern over cocoa sector developments, but long-term prospects good Press reports indicate that improved bean quality and smuggling into Ghana are boosting producer prices in Côte d’Ivoire, following an initially po... 10/06/2012
Growing market opportunities for organic products According to analysis by The Poultry Site website, the organic market around the world is growing despite the economic downturn. Worldwide sales we... 15/04/2012
Tea sector prospects for 2012 looking good, according to FAO According to the FAO’s Intergovernmental Group on Tea (IGT), 2012 is expected to yield a continuation of firm tea prices, which averaged US$2.85/kg... 08/04/2012
Director-General of WTO criticises export restrictions Addressing an international conference, ‘Feeding the World’, organised in Geneva by the Economist, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy claimed in Febr... 31/03/2012
Global price trends could facilitate ‘soft landing’ for EU sugar production quota abolition Sugar market analysts Czarnikow have raised estimates of the global sugar surplus to 6.1 million tonnes, with higher output in the EU, Russia and n... 11/03/2012
Short-term global cotton market trends At the beginning of 2012, website Agrimoney.com reviewed various projections for the short-term future of global cotton markets. It noted that foll... 06/02/2012