Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Global Agriculture, Food & Nutrition updates - 19Nov'15 !

1. Countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (Japan, China etc) currently account for up to 42 percent of all U.S. agricultural exports, totaling $63 billion.
2. Obese people are absorbing less vitamin E when they actually require more to help counteract the effects of metabolic stress, say researchers.
3. A number of specific foods including potato chips, refined grains, processed meats, and soda are all associated with excess weight gain, finds new research.
4. UK palm oil imports were 72% sustainable in 2014 – up from 55% in 2013, according to an annual progress report from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
5. Around the world, more than 3.8 billion adults (52%) had an unhealthy weight in 2014 – 39% were overweight and 13% were obese. A healthy weight is not about the quantity of the kilos in relation to height, but about the quality of these kilos in relation to the body composition.
6.ADM has opened a premix plant in Nanjing, making it the agribusiness group’s third livestock industry targeted facility in China.
7. Most of China’s nine major lysine manufacturers, which between them account for over 61% of the global market, are back up and running, but nearly all of them are still on a go slow, said Chinese based analyst firm CCM.
 

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