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Post forecasts Israel’s MY 2015/16 (October-September) citrus production at 600 thousand metric tons (TMT), up nearly 10 percent from MY2014/15.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s voracious appetite for imported agricultural goods is a direct result of the region’s robust growth in gross domestic product (GDP) and population.

In April 2015, the GON passed the lingered biosafety bill into law and created the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA).

Temporary Removal of Imports Barriers of Beef, Sheep and Goat Meat to Israel. Israel Approved Imports of Polish Beef Meat. The Ministry of Agriculture Approved Import of table eggs from Ukraine.

As of July 2015, Israel does not have a policy that restricts the use of imported biotech commodities or derivative products.

Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development disclosed at a press conference on July 12, 2015 a series of reforms that are expected to lower consumer food prices...

Israel to update Its Animal Welfare Law, Improvement in Chemical Residues in Animal Products for 2014 and Ministry of Agriculture’s Annual Survey on Organic Products not too Enlightening.

The Israeli citrus market in terms of export value has been negatively affected by external shocks and unfavorable weather conditions.

The Israeli Law for Enhancement of Competition in the Food Sector 2014 sets the framework that prohibits certain practices of large suppliers and retailers considered non-competitive....

On May 8, 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development confirmed a case of avian influenza (AI) in a turkey farm near Nahariya city in the northern Israel near the border with Lebanon.

MY2015/16 domestic sugar production is estimated at 70,000 tons (raw value), a decline of over seven percent from the 2014/15 estimate of 75,000 tons.

EU-Israel "Twinning" Project to Strengthen Israeli Veterinary Diagnostic Capacities, The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture to Begin Regulating Feed Additives, Winter Storms Wreak Damage...