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08 Nov 2024
In October 2024, wheat prices reached multi-month highs due to weather-related planting delays in parts of the northern hemisphere, although they later eased as field conditions improved. Maize prices also strengthened slightly despite swift harvest progress in the [...]
22 Mar 2017
A new AMIS publication provides guidance on measuring grain reserves. Reliable stocks data help decision makers understand food availability, plan the necessary interventions on market stabilization, and address issues related to food insecurity. Helping countries produce better stocks [...]
01 Mar 2017
Argentina will be the next Chair of AMIS, taking over from Germany at the end of the forthcoming meeting of the Global Food Market Information Group in June 2017. The country was elected at the 6th Session of [...]
09 Dec 2016
According to the December 2016 edition of the AMIS Market Monitor, La Niña conditions are established in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. They are anticipated to persist through January 2017, followed by transition to a neutral state.
Consistent with this, [...]
07 Oct 2016
Speaking at a side event of FAO's Committee on Commodity Problems, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Ms. Olena Kovalova, praised AMIS for providing the first global forecasts already in April of each year. [...]
30 Sep 2016
September 2016 marked the fifth anniversary of the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), which had convened its inception meeting on 15-16 September 2011. A series of events were organized in the week of 3-7 October 2016 to celebrate this important [...]