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10.4), have stimulated major new investments in the agricultural sector and in global food production.
Growth estimates for the cereal market, for example, project that by 2021, world wheat production
will increase by 12 percent from the base period 2009–2011 (reaching 761 million tonnes (Mt)); world coarse grain production will increase by 20 percent (1,359 Mt); and world rice production by 16 percent (542 Mt) (OECD and FAO, 2012) (see Figure 10.5).
(Source: FAO, 2012c
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). 2012c.,Price volatility from a global perspective., Technical background document for the high-level event on: “Food Price volatility and the role of speculation”, 6 July 2012. Paper prepared by the FAO Trade and Markets Division (EST)., Rome,Italy.. . Figure 10.4 Rising food prices since 2000 (as observed January 2000–August 2012, not adjusted against inflation)
(Source: UNISDR based on OECD and FAO, 2012)
Figure 10.5 Observed and expected price and production of wheat, coarse grain and rice, 2000–2021
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