The warning by the world's largest
trader of agricultural commodities comes ahead of the UN World Summit on Food Security in Rome, the first since 2002.
Not exact matches
May 2 - U.S. soybean sales to China ground to a halt after Beijing threatened tariffs on imports, the CEO
of agricultural trader Bunge Ltd said on Wednesday, the latest sign
of mounting trade tensions upsetting the global flow
of commodities.
Because the power relationships that exist in food chains are so central to global hunger — over two - thirds
of those who are hungry today produce food — centralized control over key
agricultural functions must be dismantled.79 In the Brazilian soybean market, 200,000 farmers attempt to sell to five main
commodity traders.
Many new
traders like to find a
commodity that they are passionate about (a chocoholic might like to trade in cocoa, one
of the most commonly traded
agricultural commodities, for instance!)
We advise the full spectrum
of industry players including companies involved in agribusiness and food production, processing and distribution, agrichemicals manufacturers, processors
of agricultural commodities, manufacturers
of precision farming equipment, alternative fuel producers, soft
commodities traders and financial institutions.
Part
of the challenge is that «the
agricultural industry doesn't set its own
commodity prices; that's done by
traders and speculators,» says Kirk Goble, ALC, with The Bell 5 Land Co. in Greeley, Colo..