Kenyan tea production down amid fears of long-term impact of climate change According to press reports, erratic rains have resulted in a 16.2% decline in tea production in the first half of the year. According to the Tea Bo... 06/10/2011
FAO reports success of EU ‘food facility’ interventions in Togo In August 2011 the FAO reported on the success of a €2.5 million programme in support of agricultural development in Togo, financed in 2009 under t... 06/10/2011
Serious food safety challenges face Jamaican exports to US markets With new US food safety regulations pending, potentially 80% of Jamaica’s food exports to the US (valued at US$118 million in 2010) could be advers... 06/10/2011
Perspectives for ACP banana producers as EU banana market price collapses Between June and August 2011, EU banana prices collapsed, with bananas ‘being sold for as little as 1 to 3 dollars (fob) in Ecuador’. A Fyffes repr... 06/09/2011
EC public consultation on trade and development communication issue paper launched The EC has posted a background document as part of a public consultation on its forthcoming ‘Trade and Development Communication’, seeking contribu... 06/09/2011
Mauritius completes move to refined sugar exports, other countries face variable prospects According to press reports, the Mauritius Sugar Syndicate (MSS) estimates that ‘income from sugar exports will rise 4.2 percent this year as the in... 09/08/2011
G20 agriculture ministers agreed on action plan on high food prices Against the background of ‘a 32% rise in wholesale prices of agricultural commodities in the second half of 2010’, an ‘action plan to deal with vol... 27/07/2011
Agricultural price spikes are inevitable – like earthquakes ICTSD has published a paper by the influential economist Professor Stefan Tangermann, in which he sets out in detail the evidence and reasoning und... 27/07/2011
New banana realities pose challenges for EU and Caribbean island producers While banana producers from the Spanish Canary Islands are reported in the Spanish press as complaining of a 40% loss on every kilo of banana produ... 10/06/2011
‘Aid for trade’ should integrate poverty and social analysis to promote trade growth, says briefing paper A briefing paper from the London-based think tank, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), argues that for ‘aid for trade’ to effectively expand... 04/12/2010