Crop Prospects and Food Situation #1, February 2007

Year of publication2007

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractFavourable prospects for 2007 world cereal crops, mainly following expansion of plantings in Europe and North America, coupled with generally satisfactory weather conditions. FAO’s latest estimates put global cereal output in 2006 at just under 2 billion tonnes, 2.7 percent lower than in the previous year but still above average. In percentage terms production of wheat declined the most, then coarse grains, while the reduction for rice is seen to be marginal. The bulk of the decline in the 2006 world cereal output was among the major producing and exporting countries. The 2006 cereal production in the group of LIFDCs increased significantly, with record or good crops in most regions of the world. As a result, cereal import requirements, including food aid, have declined in 2006/07 in many of these countries, mostly in Africa.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

SeriesCrop Prospects and Food Situation

RegionGlobal

ISSN2707-2231

Areas of workGlobal Information and Early Warning System

KeywordsFood crops; crop monitoring; crop production; food supply; food security; conflicts; pandemics; early warning systems