Results filtered by: global price shock
- The Government of Jordan in early June announces increased purchasing prices for local wheat and barley. Prices were increased by more than 10 percent to JOD [...]
- India has approved the increase of MSPs for summer (Kharif) 2015/16 crops. The increase in MSPs which would be effective from the beginning of October will [...]
- On 20 March, the Pakistani rupee (PKR) depreciated sharply against the US dollar (USD) closing down PKR 5 at PKR 115 per USD 1 in the [...]
- In early June 2015, Argentina announced the authorization to export 1 million tonnes of wheat and 100 000 tonnes of flour. The opening of this quota [...]
- The Government implemented a number of measures to prevent rice prices from falling ahead of the main season harvest in November. Apart from temporarily suspending the [...]
- As of mid-June 2015, the Government of Indonesia has the authority to cap prices of staple foods and other basic goods during peak demand periods including [...]
- The Government of the Russian Federation has proposed to abolish the duty on wheat exports from September 15 to July 2018. The duty was first introduced [...]
- The Government has extended the maize subsidy program, which started in May and was intended to be concluded at the end of September. The Ministry of [...]
- The Government is taking measures to support rice prices, which have been declining, with seasonal trends exacerbated by downward pressure from an expected good output and [...]
- The government recently instructed the state Food Reserve Agency (FRA), the government parastatal mandated to manage the national strategic stock and engage in market facilitation, to [...]