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Pakistan’s cabinet-level Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) authorized Rs. 6.5 billion ($65 million) to facilitate the export of sugar from stocks that are currently with sugar mills.

Over the past several years, the African Union Commission (AUC) has explored the possibility of setting up a food safety body to help address many of the systemic food safety challenges across Africa.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Pakistan’s Ministry of National Food Security and Research have reached agreement over the terms of the health certificate that will accompany shipments of U.S.

The Government of Pakistan has allowed the export of 100,000 metric tons of subsidized wheat flour.

On January 29, 2015, the government of Angola revoked import licenses for 25 agricultural products including poultry, effectively blocking imports of these products for an unspecified duration.

On January 27, 2015, the government of Nigeria (GON) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, inaugurated: 1) Inter-Ministerial Committee on Food Safety and 2) National Food Safety Management Committee.

United States exporters of agricultural products to South Africa, especially meat exporters, face both tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade.

A higher support price, adequate irrigation, and low cotton prices have combined to encourage farmers to plant their wheat in a timely manner for the upcoming 2014/15 Rabi (winter) season.

Post kept its estimate for the area planted with corn in the 2014/15 MY unchanged at 3.1 million hectares (including subsistence farming).

The Government of Pakistan has approved an export subsidy to facilitate the export of 1.2 million tons of wheat from government-held stocks.

In 2012/13, Pakistan produced 555,000 metric tons of apples, placing it among the top 25 producers globally.