A projected record in global rice production and an update on the global pulse market were among the highlights from the International Grains Council’s (IGC) 54th session, held Jan. 21 via video conference.
This is reported by ProAgro Group, citing World-Grain.
The meeting, chaired by Taras Kachka, deputy minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, examined developments for the 2021-22 marketing year.
Global rice output was forecast at 511 million tonnes, marginally higher year-on-year and a new record due to bigger harvests among Asian producers.
However, after the prior year’s solid year-on-year rise to a record, rice trade was expected to edge lower in 2022.
World pulses trade was seen contracting for a second successive year in 2022 (January to December), by 2%, to 16 million tonnes, on smaller shipments of dry peas and chickpeas — principally to destinations in Asia.
Despite a 5% year-on-year fall in dispatches, Canada would remain by far the biggest supplier of pulses to the global market, the IGC said.
