FAO: the global grain harvest will break records this year

The world’s cereal production in 2014 reaches 2.532 billion tonnes, which is 0.3 percent higher than in 2013 – according tothe report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The FAO in its previous forecast expected 2.522 billion tonnes of grain. In Europe and in the United States the crop was unusually good this year, this increased the final amount. According to the FAO, despite the good crop, the food situation has continued to deteriorate in some countries. According to the organization 38 countries around the world is threatened by food crisis, three more than at the time the October report was released. (MTI, hirado.hu)