Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
Country: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, World
HIGHLIGHTS
- Regional food prices, declining since October 2013, reached their lowest point in April 2015.
- Wholesale wheat prices in Bangladesh were 5.9 percent lower than one year ago while retail wheat prices were 4.4 percent higher.
- Prices of onions eased in Indonesia in late April after the end of heavy rains in the previous months caused bacterial diseases that affected output.
- Viet Nam has temporarily banned poultry imports from the United States because of a bird flu outbreak.
- Indonesia may lift rice import restrictions for Ramadhan and Idul Fitri, and because an El Niño has been forecast.
- FAO recommended the Goverment of Nepal to reduce post-harvest losses and improve food storage facilities to mitigate the damage caused by the earthquakes.