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 - On 16 June 2021, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission enforced restrictions on buckwheat exports to countries outside the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), introducing a [...]

 - Under a Government to Government deal, China has agreed to buy 1 million tonnes of rice from Thailand before the end of 2015. China will buy [...]

 - The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has revised upwards the minimum prices for 2015 wheat crop purchases by the State Intervention Fund. Purchasing at [...]

 - The Government has authorized a further 500 000 tonnes of maize imports free of duty (under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme), in addition to 250 000 [...]

 - World prices for agricultural commodities surged in 2006–08, and then again in 2011–12. In many developing countries, consumer prices for staple foods, such as bread and [...]

 - The Government removed wheat import subsidies under the new budget of 2018 approved in January. Most of the domestically-consumed wheat is imported and since it is [...]

 - This paper analyzes the transmission from global commodity to domestic food prices for a large set of countries. First, a theoretical model is developed to explain [...]

 - On 26 January 2021, the Ministry of Economy enacted a new policy on cereal exports, which set the tax on wheat exports at EUR 50 (about USD 61) per [...]

 - This special issue is entitled "The Renewal of Agricultural Market Information Systems in Developing Countries". Agricultural MIS collect, process and disseminate information on the situation and dynamics [...]

 - Developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America were deeply affected by the food and economic crisis. Indeed, many countries are still suffering from high food [...]