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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 [...]
10 Feb 2022
Those familiar with the AMIS Market Monitor will have noticed that the first report of 2022 introduced some novelties. Apart from having a new design and layout, the report also features a revamped section dedicated to developments in [...]
05 Nov 2021
Fertilizer prices have increased sharply over the past twelve months, putting further upward pressure on food prices. The price spike has been dramatic for all types of chemical fertilizers, with prices for ammonia, urea, and DAP up by [...]
12 Oct 2021
Poor weather conditions hit wheat crops particularly hard this season in several key producing countries. Not surprisingly, therefore, global wheat inventories could fall below opening levels in the 2021/22 marketing season. With most of the drawdowns concentrated in [...]
16 Sep 2021
Member organizations of the AMIS Secretariat discussed the future of AMIS and the initiative's strategic direction at yesterday's meeting of the AMIS Secretariat Steering Committee. Held exactly ten years after the initiative's official launch on 15-16 September 2011, [...]
29 Jul 2021
With the outbreak of COVID-19, food systems have been exposed to an unprecedented external shock as the pandemic has impacted different segments of the global value chain. Overall, the agriculture sector has demonstrated its resilience to provide sufficient, [...]