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Dear Readers,

We are pleased to share the August issue of the Asia Pacific Food Price and Policy Monitor, which aims to provide up-to-date information on price and policy developments in the Asia-Pacific region.

Highlights of the August 2015 issue are:


*      In July, the pace of general and food inflation in the region has continued to slow over the previous month to a rate of 2.5 percent and 2.4 percent respectively over the previous year.

*      In India, prices for pulses have been gradually increasing since one year ago because of a sharp decline in production resulting from unfavourable rainfall.

*      Rice prices in Indonesia were 7.2 percent higher than a month ago because of dry weather.

*      In Myanmar, floods caused by Cyclone Komen damaged nearly 270 000 hectares (667 221 acres) of planted crops have been destroyed disrupting planting of the main rice crop that accounts for the bulk of annual production.

*      China will begin buying 1 million tonnes of rice from Thailand in September as part a 2 million tonne government-to-government agreement.

For further details please refer to the attachment.

The Asia Pacific Food Price and Policy Monitor and other previous publications on food price information can be found at: http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/resources/price-monitor/en/.

For readers who may have questions on the publication, please contact us at  [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Best regards,

Economic, Social and Policy Assistance Group (ESP)
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok
Thailand


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