Al-Monitor
MiddleEast · 8 mins ago
Analysis-Decades of farm gains, inventories strengthen food system against 'super' El Nino
By Naveen Thukral and Mayank Bhardwaj
SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Near-record inventories, technological advances and the rise of key exporters such as Brazil and Russia have made the global food system more resilient to this year's "super" El Nino than similar past events.
World farm production has outpaced consumption and population growth since the 1980s, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and analysts say.
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