Cuba rolled out a master plan this week to reform food production and sales that definitively ends the state's monopoly on distribution and replaces many rules that hamper farmers and consumers.
Food commodity markets are becoming more balanced and less price volatile than in recent years thanks to improved supplies and a recovery in global inventories of cereals.
Saudi Arabia's market watchdog has approved share sales by two companies based in the kingdom that will take place before the end of the year, the first such listings since May.
The Anti-Dumping Commission has released its preliminary report and has indicated that the imposition of additional tariffs on dumped processed tomatoes is warranted.
The National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) reported on Friday that supermarket sales in September increased by 16.9% over the same period last year, on a seasonally adjusted measurement.
Vegetable prices in China are expected to rise in the coming months, putting pressure on the country's consumer inflation, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Saturday.
French Minister, Nicole Bricq, stressed that a new trade and cooperation phase with Mexico to develop agreed policies was starting, as food and foreign trade were priorities for the French government.
Nestle Nigeria shares soared 4.66 percent to a new record high on Thursday, after the food manufacturer posted strong profits in the nine-months to September.
Shares of Coke Femsa and Bimbo fall as Congress was poised to approve a 1 peso-per-liter tax on sugary drinks and an 8 percent tax on junk food as part of a wider tax overhaul.
A lobbying group for major U.S. food manufacturers continues to run afoul of campaign finance laws in the way that it has contributed funds to block a measure that would require labeling of genetically modified foods in Washington state.
Puglia is the leading region in Europe for table grapes. Its companies produce high quality traditional and seedless red and black grapes with excellent organoleptic qualities.
At the end of the third quarter, German brewers reached sales of about 27 million hectoliters of beer and mixed drinks, and they also recorded their first quarterly growth since 208.
Farm produce prices in 36 major Chinese cities stayed mostly flat in the week ending Oct. 27 compared with the previous week, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Commerce.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has released its fifth annual economic snapshot of the food and beverage, grocery and fresh produce industries, titled State of the Industry 2013.
a new study by food and drink consultancy Zenith International forecasts that the global market for stevia will reach 6,250 tonnes by 2016, equivalent to $490 million by value.
