The International Agricultural Show takes place in Paris from February 22 to March 2, 2025, with agricultural pride as its central theme. This event will bring together more than 4,000.
China is the engine of global soybean demand. The country, which depends on the international market for more than 80% of its consumption needs, could experience a disruption in its.
The year 2024 has seen contrasting dynamics in the world of commodities. While some have performed exceptionally well, others have had another year of decline. In an agricultural commodity market.
In December, global food prices saw a significant decline, according to the United Nations report. In the same month, the FAO food price index fell by 1.9% compared to November,.
In the grain markets, Ukraine remains a giant exporter. This year, it produced 65 million tons of grains and will export 33 million tons. The war with Russia no longer.
The global supply of wheat and corn is expected to tighten. Australia, Argentina, and Brazil are selling their new harvests, which are less abundant than last year. By the end.
Rice prices have doubled in a year. India is taxing its rice exports to protect its domestic market. Africa, a net rice importer, is heavily affected by this situation. 40%.
Grain trade for the 2022-2023 season is already estimated at 407 Mt by the ICC. The export capacities of the world's major cereal exporting countries will barely be sufficient to.
By: Noureddine Radouai There is no good time to launch a war. Armed conflicts are always horrible at any time. However, the war in Ukraine broke out in the worst.
Algeria is a large consumer of wheat, which it traditionally buys from France for 60% of its imports. The Russian commercial ambitions risk denting this historical partnership. Russia hopes to.
Responding to the needs of both buyers and sellers, international trade in agricultural products is age-old. Some distribution networks and routes are short-lived, while others can last centuries before they.
The global spread of the coronavirus epidemic is significantly disrupting the functioning of agricultural markets. Operators fear a decrease in trade, while their most pressing problem is logistics. During the.
According to Agrex Consulting, which every year conducts an analysis of the competitivity of the dairy cattle industry on an international scale on behalf of FranceAgriMer, global production is showing.
This dossier consists of two distinct parts:
1) An overview of protective measures against the importation of agricultural products: current situation and key issues for sub-Saharan Africa by Jean-Christophe Debar and Abdoul Fattah Tapsoba from the FARM Foundation;
2) A debate between Jean-Christophe Debar (President of FARM), Pierre Jacquet (President of the Global Development Network and FARM's Scientific Committee) and Laurent Levard (a specialist in agricultural issues and trade policy at Gret).
The issue dealt with here is of paramount importance for the future of agriculture in Africa: is it in the interests of the sub-Saharan countries of Africa to increase or decrease customs duties on imported agricultural products? Our experts' answers are nuanced, and pragmatism is the byword. Any increase would, in effect, penalise the urban populations by increasing the prices of imported foodstuffs. Any decrease, by bringing down the prices of imported foodstuffs, would penalise smallholders who would thus be subjected to fiercer competition from products bought abroad. The question of the level of customs duties needs to be looked at within the broader framework of the countries' agricultural policies. Indeed, a decrease of taxes on imported goods can only be justified if it goes hand in hand with government investments to improve the productivity and, therefore, the income of small farmers. It is the only way to compensate for the income lost by the latter due to competition from imported products.
Source: FARM - based on harmonised MAcMap-HS6 data from CEPII and the ICC
Source: FARM - based on harmonised MAcMap-HS6 data from CEPII and the ICC
In 2013, all the sub-regions, with the exception of southern Africa, protected their agriculture less from the rest of the world than from the continent's own sub-regions
1- The 'price dilemma in food supply'
2- Trade agreements
Individual African governments have some theoretical room for manoeuvre to increase the duties applied up to the level of the tariffs consolidated at the WTO.
But this room is limited by:
In conclusion
Will Agri est un blog consacré à l’agriculture, plus précisément, comme on a coutume de dire aujourd’hui, à l’agriculture écologiquement intensive et inclusive.
Will Agri is a blog dedicated to agriculture, specifically focusing on what is now commonly referred to as ecologically intensive and inclusive agriculture.
