PDF version. Nation has become one of the world’s most important grain importers, bringing in more than 12.5 million tonnes per year. Perhaps no country has industrialized and modernized as rapidly as South Korea did in the second half of the 20th century. In 1960, per capita GDP was U.S.$200, but today South Korea has [...]
PDF version. Surge in imported wheat from Black Sea region in recent years has made life complicated for Israeli bakers. In the Book of Deuteronomy, God promises to lead the Israelites to “a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees…a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing.” Though [...]
PDF version. Country has gone from banning wheat imports to becoming one of the world’s biggest wheat importers. Nigeria is by far Africa’s most populous country and is also a major oil exporter. In the grain trade, it now occupies a special place as well, as the largest market for the world’s largest wheat exporter. [...]
Agrofert Holding and Agropol Group play a dominant role in the country’s domestically dominated grain and grain processing industries. Agrofert Holding and Agropol Group are not widely known outside the Czech Republic, but it is the commanding position of these two corporations that helps define the Czech agriculture and grain processing industries. In the 15 [...]
‘Kitchen to the World’ is the largest exporter and importer of food products in Southeast Asia. “Kitchen to the World” is a phrase sometimes used by official promoters of Thailand’s thriving export-oriented food industry. Hyperbole aside, there is much truth to this slogan. The country has been the world’s leading rice shipper for almost 25 [...]