Farmer's Weekly

International food outlook

Annually, two international think tanks publish long-term agricultural outlook forecasts or baseline projections. In July, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publish the OECD-FAO Outlook. In February, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases its 10-year baseline projection.

In South Africa, Prof Ferdi Meyer and his band of brave agricultural economists at the

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