Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share with you the latest AP Weekly Price Monitor (15 March<http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/rap/files/ESP/2013-03-11_AP_Weekly_-_Full_report.pdf>). You can find this and previous issues here. Over the past week, staple food commodity prices remained relatively stable in all reporting countries, except for: - Rice mix prices in Cambodia increased by 11 percent. - Maize prices in Myanmar increased by 7 percent. - In Samoa taro palagi and banana prices increased by 21 and 10 percent from January to February, respectively and ta'amu prices fell by 19 percent during the same period of time. Under national policy highlights, the Government of India adopted several measures to improve farmer's access to credit. Among them were (i) the fixation of annual targets of agricultural credit flow; (ii) the provision of crop loans up to INR 300 000 (USD 5 500) at 4 percent per annum to farmers respecting the repayment schedule fixed by banks; and (iii) the extension of an interest subvention scheme under the "Kisan Credit Card" for production storage purposes (Press Information Bureau, 08 March 2013). For more details, please see the full report<http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/rap/files/ESP/2013-03-11_AP_Weekly_-_Full_report.pdf>. With best regards, AP Weekly Price Monitor team To subscribe, please send us an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, alternatively, please 1. Send an e-mail to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>; 2. Leave the subject blank; 3. Type "subscribe Food-Asia-L" ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Food-Asia-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Food-Asia-L,SIGNOFF);