Dear Readers, We are pleased to share the September 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 September 2014 issue are: * Food price inflation in the region slowed to 3.8 percent in August from 4.4 percent in July. General inflation eased to 5.1 percent compared to 5.5 percent. * Following the fifth consecutive monthly decrease om the FAO Global Food price index, wheat prices fell 4.5 percent, maize fell 4 percent while rice prices rose by 4.3 percent in August. * Pork rump prices in China, the world's largest pork consumer, rose 4.9 percent in August following a decline in the population of breeding sows and higher consumer demand. * The price of eggs rose 16 percent in Pakistan and 9.9 percent in Thailand in August as a result of higher seasonal demand in the autumn. * Cambodia has established its first large-scale paddy rice bank to ensure supplies are available during periods of unpredictable weather. * Myanmar announced a new national export strategy for 2014-2019 with a goal of exporting 3 million tonnes of rice over the next five years. * Thailand has resumed sales of its government rice stocks. This includes new government-to-government export deals with Indonesia and China. 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 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Food-Asia-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(Food-Asia-L,SIGNOFF);