date:Sep 06, 2013
those seen over the past few months, Abbassian said.
He said the FAO was unlikely to raise its crop forecasts much further but there was some room for downward adjustments.
The FAO said it expected a 10.5 percent expansion in coarse grain output to 1.285 billion tonnes and a 7.6 percent rise in wheat production to 710 million tonnes in 2013/14.
The Rome-based agency slightly raised its forecast for world cereal stocks at the close of seasons ending in 2014 to 569 million tonnes, about 13 perc