Rome, November 4, 2021 - according to a report released by the food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on November 4, the world food price index soared to a new peak, reaching the highest level since July 2011.

​Compared with the same period last year, the export volume decreased by 10.37% and the import volume increased by 69.77%. The main exported agricultural products are pistachios, tomatoes, watermelons, dates, apples and potatoes.

Recently, the 13th meeting of the Steering Committee for Eco organic agriculture in East Africa was held in Dar es Salaam province. The meeting discussed the progress, challenges and next development direction of the member states of the East African community in the field of organic agriculture.

On October 25, the Ukrainian latifundist network reported that the Minister of agricultural policy and food of Ukraine, leshenko, sent a document on Facebook that at present, the 15 states of Ukraine have harvested 107000 tons of buckwheat, which is the highest output in recent years.

According to the report of Bangladesh's Daily Star on October 31, people in Bangladesh said that due to the good weather in Bangladesh this year, if the tea production continues to maintain the current speed, the tea production in Bangladesh will be higher than that in the previous quarter.

According to the Philippine business mirror on October 25, the Ministry of agriculture (DA) is studying how to help farmers cope with the rising price of chemical fertilizer.

Technicians pointed out that it is an effective product against physiological fruit drop. It does not contain plant quarantine or hormone substances, has zero residue and does not damage tree physiology.

The Bulgarian National Radio reported on October 25 that ILIYA prodanov, a member of the leadership of the Bulgarian food producers association, said that the high price of chemical fertilizer had brought difficulties to food producers.

Foreign media news on October 25: last week, the shipping cost of grain from the United States and South America to China increased significantly.

Brazil's economic value reported on October 19 that according to the data released today by the National Association of grain exporters (anec), Brazil's soybean export in October was estimated to be 3.4 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 56.4%.

Recently, affected by the shortage of supply, the rising price of coffee futures has attracted market attention. According to the data of the Intercontinental Exchange, the price of Arabica coffee futures has risen by more than 50% since the beginning of this year.

Foreign media news on October 20: Argentina began to plant genetically modified wheat, which caused an uproar in neighboring Brazil and may prompt Brazil to import wheat from the United States, Canada and Ukraine.