• Food prices have risen faster in Finland than in any other EU state, Finnish media reports on Monday.

  • Thailand's rice exports in January this year fell 37.74 percent year-on-year in terms of volume, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday.
  • Bangladesh eyes 15.32% growth in food production
  • The Bangladeshi government eyes 15.32 percent growth in food grain production in current 2008-09 fiscal year after taking measures like lowering agricultural prices to augment domestic output, officials said on Monday.
  • 292m tons added to grain reserve in 2008
  • China's grain enterprises purchased 291.8 million tonnes of grain from farmers last year, effectively stabilizing domestic grain prices and easing price pressures on farmers, State Administration of Grain administrator Nie Zhenbang said Monday.
  • China exports more grain in Oct, Nov
  • China posted a substantial growth in grain exports in October and November 2008, after its soybean won more biddings in the Republic of Korea (ROK), the General Administration of Customs said on Monday.