On August 6, the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the Overseas Agricultural Information Express (No. 144)

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1. The World Food Program (WFP) warned on 29 July, hunger, economic downturn and the current hurricane season is threatening the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. The number of people facing severe food insecurity will increase by 269%, from the total number of 430 million in 2019 to 1600 million.

2. In the first six months of this year, the export volume of Argentine poultry, beef, pork and mutton increased by 16%, setting a new record. Among them, pork exports increased by 40% year-on-year.

3. The advisory body predicted that 2020-2021, Brazil's corn acreage is expected to 1928 million hectares, an increase of 2.9%; total output of 1.12 million tons, up 8.4%. Wheat production is expected to reach 7.34 million tons, a record high.

4. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Perdue stated that the European Union has set up trade barriers to import American food and agricultural products, labeling U.S. agricultural products with “hormone beef”, “antibiotic chicken” and “genetically modified food”, which clearly bear the label of trade protectionism.

5. The European Commission approved Poland's 95 million euros and Lithuania's 20 million euros national aid plan to support enterprises in the primary agricultural sector affected by the coronavirus epidemic and companies that process poultry and egg agricultural products. The funds will be paid in the form of direct grants.

6. In the first six months of this year, Ukraine’s oil crop seed exports were USD 326 million, a year-on-year decrease of 47%.

7. India’s grain reserve purchases this season hit a record high, with 38.97 million tons of wheat and 50.5 million tons of rice. The high government procurement has increased the income of farmers and provided a guarantee for the distribution of welfare grains.

8. The overall situation of agricultural production in the United States is better than the previous year. Corn, soybeans and rice grew well and well, respectively, 15 %, 19 % and 8 % higher than the same period last year; spring wheat grew well and well and remained the same as the same period last year. In June, the U.S. agricultural and food price indices were 89.2 and 93.7, respectively, down 4.6 and 3.1 percentage points from the same period last year.

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