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Agricultural technology ecosystems in East Africa - Taking stock in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda - February 2023 (Summary)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched an initiative to assess the existing impediments for scaling innovation and technology in food and agriculture (AgTech) and to identify options to improve the enabling environment for AgTech-focused businesses. The initiative offers a tool for decision makers to promote the uptake of AgTech, investment and entrepreneurship in Africa, ultimately to advance agricultural productivity and food security. The first cohort...
International prices of wheat fell again in January, as the short-term outlook for global supplies continued to improve, in particular following latest estimates of larger 2022 outputs in Australia and the Russian Federation than earlier expected. By contrast, international coarse grain prices firmed marginally, mostly reflecting the continued strong demand for maize supplies from Brazil. For rice, tighter availabilities, strong local demand in some Asian exporting countries and exchange rate...
The evolution of the global structure of food and agricultural trade: Evidence from network analysis
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the Russian–Ukrainian conflict, which began in February 2022, have tested the resilience of the food and agricultural trade network at a global level. The global dimension of these crises meets a policy landscape in which multilateral trade negotiations have largely stalled and regional approaches to trade integration are proliferating rapidly. Based on network analysis, this paper explores the evolution of the...
El proyecto de la FAO “Crear cadenas de valor mundiales responsables en favor de la producción y el comercio sostenibles de frutas tropicales” (GCP/GLO/022/GER) apoya al sector del aguacate y la piña en el desarrollo de sistemas de diligencia debida basados en el riesgo para ser más sostenibles y resilientes a crisis, como eventos climáticos y recesiones económicas. La diligencia debida ayuda a las empresas a evitar que las actividades...
The Tropical Fruits Market Review is issued on an annual basis to Members and Observers of the Sub-Group on Tropical Fruits of the Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits, which is a subsidiary body of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP). This document provides preliminary estimates for the 2022 market situation for the following major tropical fruits: Avocado, Mango, Papaya and Pineapple. Statistical tables related to imports and exports...