Agriculture

China’s Pig and Swine farmers faced a challenging year as the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak spread during 2018, damaging the sector’s revenue flow. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), 138 outbreaks were detected ...

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the new trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada. The new trade deal is expected to supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This briefing analyses USMCA’s impact on the ...

Japanese agricultural output declined in 2018, as the industry continued to struggle with growing labour shortages and faced another year of unfavourable weather. Japanese agricultural workers are ageing, while the youth is reluctant to join the ...

As a country with adverse farming climate, Saudi Arabia’s agricultural industry continued to depend on government aids to carry production levels. In 2018, government support in forms of subsidies, grants and loans demonstrated upward trends, ...

Fruit and vegetable farming was the main growth driver of the Turkish agriculture sector in 2018, boosted by food price inflation, growing fruit production volumes and an increase in export revenues. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, in...

In 2018, South Korean farmers saw decreased yields of the main crop – rice. The downward trend was a result of unfavourable weather conditions and the government’s ongoing rice reduction programme, which encourages farmers to cultivate other crops in...

Drought-affected harvests of cereals and other crops resulted in a reduction in the agriculture sector’s turnover in 2018. Scarce rainfall, combined with successive seasons of above-average temperatures, reduced harvests. In 2018, total precipitation...

Mexico cereal crop production volumes experienced a setback in 2018, subdued by lower-than-expected harvested area and some harvest limitations caused by weather conditions. According FAO, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, total ...

Indonesia’s agriculture industry saw steady revenue growth in 2018, on the back of increased rice and corn crop output. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, annual unhusked rice production was estimated at around 83 million...

The Brazilian agriculture industry saw improved turnover growth in 2018, however production volume output recorded mixed results. According to IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the country’s crop and cereal harvest amounted ...

Revenue of Indian crop and cereal farmers registered strong growth in 2017, on the back of record harvests. According to the Agriculture Ministry’s preliminary data, food grains and horticulture output increased by 3.5% to 284.8 million tonnes, and ...

Spain’s swine livestock sector faced another period of above-trend growth in 2017. Spain housed more than 30 million pigs in 2017, which represented a 3.1% year-on-year increase. This resulted in a production volume of 4.1 million tonnes of pig meat ...

The agricultural sector’s production value sustained the upward trend in Russia in 2017, fuelled by a record grain harvest as well as cereal production price growth. During 2017 the total cereal harvest reached 119.2 million tonnes, up by 1.2% ...

Canada’s livestock sector continued on a healthy growth path thanks to growing demand for meat and meat products. According to national statistics, the cattle herd in 2017 amounted to 11.5 million heads, similar to the level a year before, however ...

Italy’s agriculture industry faced a challenging 2017, as adverse weather conditions hindered production volume output growth. The high temperatures and catastrophic drought (with rainfall 80% below average in the first half of 2017, the driest year ...

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Although the growth of B2B e-commerce is expected to accelerate over the coming years, not all industries are equally suitable and prepared for embracing digital selling. The manufacturers most ready to launch their digital selling activities include...

Livestock farming in the UK reported significant value gains over the course of 2017. Nevertheless, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) estimated that beef and veal production volume declined by 1% compared to the previous year....

Following the inauguration of President Trump in January 2017, the US Government began to embrace a far different posture on international trade than previous administrations had. Firstly, the US formally withdrew from the TPP, and initiated a ...