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The Global Review from UAC "What's Happened Agro"

beliaeva — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:14:32 +0000

09.11.2018

UAC has developed and presented a new project - The Global Review from UAC "What's Happened Agro", which reflects the global events of the previous month that have an impact on agribusiness. Hopefully, this brief review will help to keep an eye on what's happened in agricultural world.

FAO POLICY BRIEF - Harvesting agriculture’s multiple benefits: Mitigation, Adaptation, Development and Food Security

moderator — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:37:27 +0000

03.12.2009

Today 1 billion people, out of a world population of 6.5 billion, live in chronic hunger. Every six seconds a child dies from hunger. The future demands placed on agriculture will be no less daunting: feeding a population that is estimated to number 9.1 billion in 2050 (FAO projects that a 70 percent increase in food production will be needed); providing income, employment and economic growth in many developing countries, most Least Developed Countries, and livelihoods for 75 percent of the poor.

From Food Stamp Program to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (links)

moderator — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:35:03 +0000

29.11.2009

As of Oct. 1, 2008, SNAP is the new name for the federal Food Stamp Program. It stands for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
http://www.frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/fsp.html (see also --> other links)

CBOT To Change Settlement Rules On Agriculture Futures

moderator — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:03:25 +0000

18.11.2009

The first two contract months other than the lead contract months in corn and the soy complex will settle to spread relationships established in the pit, while the remaining contract months will settle based on spread relationships established on the electronic system at 1:15 p.m. CST, according to the exchange. Deferred month contracts beyond the first two contract months in corn and soy complex futures settlements are currently determined by spread relationships in the trading pit.

Carried Away with the Carry Trade

moderator — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:52:05 +0000

17.11.2009

Oil prices rebound as the G-20 pledges to keep money rolling off the global printing presses and China warns of a carry trade bubble.

The fight over the future of food

moderator — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:18:17 +0000

10.11.2009

At first glance, Giuseppe Oglio's farm near Milan looks like it's suffering from neglect. Weeds run rampant amid the rice fields and clover grows unchecked around his millet crop. Oglio, a third generation farmer eschews modern farming techniques -- chemicals, fertilizers, heavy machinery -- in favor of a purely natural approach. It is not just ecological, he says, but profitable, and he believes his system can be replicated in starving regions of the globe. Nearly 5,000 miles away, in laboratories in St. Louis, Missouri, hundreds of scientists at the world's biggest seed company, Monsanto, also want to feed the world, only their tools of choice are laser beams and petri dishes.

Monsanto, a leader in agricultural biotechnology, spends about $2 million a day on scientific research that aims to improve on Mother Nature, and is positioning itself as a key player in the fight against hunger.