As the 2017/18 season gradually unfolds, it is becoming increasingly clear that agricultural markets are in rougher shape than in previous years. Several factors are at play. While policy developments such as the US-China trade dispute have loomed [...]

Wheat harvests are wrapping up amid excessive hot and dry weather in many regions, which has sharply reduced production forecasts. These developments confirm earlier concerns that wheat markets are heading for tighter conditions in the 2018/19 marketing season, [...]

Recent trade tensions between the United States and several of its trading partners, most notably China, have threatened to spill over into global commodity markets and disrupt trade flows and market prices. While many agricultural commodities are potentially [...]

La Niña conditions are still present, though they are weak and in transition to a neutral state. There is a 70 percent chance that the neutral state will be established by the end of May. Thereafter, neutral conditions are expected [...]

In an effort to continuously improve activities and outputs, the AMIS Secretariat commissioned two independent evaluations: One looking at the interplay between Secretariat member organizations and their interaction with AMIS participating countries; the other focused on AMIS capacity [...]