From the beginning of the current MY (July 2009 – June 2010), and as of November 30, 2010, Ukraine exported 11.3 mln tonnes of grains, an increase of 7% compared to the same date of 2008, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
Farming practices which keep soil disturbance to a minimum could help reduce agriculture’s contribution to carbon emissions, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Tuesday. In a policy brief prepared for the Copenhagen climate summit later this month, the FAO said that agriculture is responsible for around 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions and could play a major role in reducing emissions.
Dubai World said it began “constructive” talks with banks to restructure $26 billion of debt, including liabilities owed by units Nakheel World and Limitless World.
Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly accelerated in November as orders climbed, signaling the economic recovery will carry through into 2010.
China's government declared two strains of genetically modified rice safe to produce and consume, taking a major step toward endorsing the use of biotechnology in the staple food crop of billions of people in Asia.
The European Commission Monday approved a genetically modified corn variety developed by Syngenta AG (SYT) for import in food and animal feed.
Late harvesting is the reason for the extension, said Lance Honig, chief of the crops branch for USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. “Quite frankly, with the harvest running as far behind as it is, we just felt like we wanted to continue that report until we get a lot closer to the actual completion of harvest,” Honig told Dow Jones Newswires.
During January-October of 2009, the volumes of agriculture products output (in comparable prices) in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine) in agricultural economies of all varieties increased by 6% compared to the same period of 2008, at the same time, agricultural enterprises reduced the index by 1.4%, economies of the population – increased by 14%, declared the Main department of statistics of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
In April 2009 the Supreme Court of Ukraine (SCU) along with the Council of Judges of Ukraine (CJU) looked into functioning of one of the sub-systems of the court system of Ukraine, namely into the work of administrative courts.
Wheat jumped as much as 1.9 percent and soybeans gained as the dollar declined after the United Arab Emirates’ central bank eased credit, boosting optimism the impact of Dubai World’s possible default may be limited.