Agricultural Commodities
The number of food-insecure people in the 76 low- and middle-income countries included in this report is projected to fall 9 percent, from 521 million in 2014 to 475 million in 2015. Over the longer term, the food security situation is projected to deteriorate as the share of population that is food insecure moves from 13.4 percent in 2015 to 15.1 percent in 2025.
A new approach to modeling food security incorporates price effects and variation in food quality across consumers with different income levels, with Tanzania and its main staple, corn, as an example.
The number of food-insecure people in the 76 low- and middle-income countries included in this report is projected to fall 9 percent, from 521 million in 2014 to 475 million in 2015. Over the longer term, the food security situation is projected to deteriorate as the share of population that is food insecure moves from 13.4 percent in 2015 to 15.1 percent in 2025.
A new approach to modeling food security incorporates price effects and variation in food quality across consumers with different income levels, with Tanzania and its main staple, corn, as an example.
Since last year both the production of eggs and the number of egg-laying hens are down significantly in California, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Proposition 2 standards, that set minimum cage sizes, have led farmers to decrease their hen numbers in order to comply.
Kemin Industries held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new Des Moines (Iowa) corporate headquarters. It is part of a $125.5 million investment.
European markets are picking up the slack in the wake of the Russian ban on fresh produce from EU nations
The Cherkizovo Group continues to invest in member company ZAO “Mosselprom”, that will equip its hatchery in the Moscow region with Smart incubation technologies from Dutch supplier Pas Reform. The hatchery capacity is 48 million eggs per year.
Cherkizovo Group has finished implementing the new FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management System at all facilities of its poultry division.
Head of African nation's Citrus Growers Association calls the discovery of two cases involving lemons sent to the UK "disappointing"
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