Dear Readers,



We are pleased to share the eleventh issue of our monthly publication, 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 June 2014 issue are:



*       Regional general inflation was 6.1 percent in May and food price inflation 5 percent, ending the five consecutive months in which the pace of inflation slowed.
*       Regional rice price index increased by 5.3 percent in nominal terms as prices continued to rise in South Asia (including India), East Asia and South East Asia.
*       Wheat price indices in South Asia fell by 6.8 percent driven by an 8.3 percent drop in Pakistan.
*       India expects to set a new record for foodgrain production at 264.4 million tonnes, with rice production estimated at 106.3 million tonnes, and wheat at 95.9 million tonnes.
*       With water shortages affecting rice crops, Sri Lanka is providing subsidies to farmers to cultivate other crops.
*       Indonesia is revising its rice subsidies programme to improve targeting and delivery of subsidized rice to over 15 million households.
*       WEF and ASEAN launch Grow Asia Partnership to strengthen food security in ten Southeast Asian countries.



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/rap/home/apfppm/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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