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Crop prospects and food situation 2012 [1]

FAO forecast that 2012 world wheat production will be the second highest on record at 690 million tonnes and also announced that international food prices rose one percent in February — the second increase in two months. FAO’s quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report forecast a 2012 wheat crop 10 million tonnes or 1.4 percent down from the record 2011 harvest but still well above the average of the past five years. Although plantings have increased or are forecast to increase in many countries this year in response to continuing strong prices, a return to normal yields is expected in areas where record highs were achieved last year, the report said. But it was still too early for a global forecast of 2012 cereal output, it added.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2012
FAO [2]
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Food Crops [3], Crops [4], Wheat [5], India [6], Global [7], Food Prices [8], Food Supply [9], Food Security [10], Rice [11], Statistics [12]
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