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This report covers key developments in Jordan’s agricultural sector for August 2015.

Algeria is an unknown place of possibilities for sales of agricultural commodities. There is immense potential for agricultural production.

Jordan’s biotechnology draft biosafety law based on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which among other issues mandates the labeling of biotech products, has yet to be approved since its drafting..

For the 2015/16 season, Japanese cherry production is expected to revert to normal levels following last year’s increased production, as there was some frost damage in the spring.

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

This report provides the latest status of consumption, regulation, public perception, research, development and production of genetically engineered crops and animals in Japan.

The United States is the world’s top exporter of processed potato products. Over the past decade those exports have grown 127 percent, reaching a record $1.5 billion in 2014...

Despite a directive stopping the issuance of cotton import licenses being overturned; Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation refuses to issue import permits for any imported cotton...

Minister of Agriculture Kátia Abreu discussed expanding beef, poultry, dairy, fruit, and wheat trade with Russia, Myanmar, Japan, South Africa, and Argentina.

In April 2015, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency introduced a third category of health claim labeling for food and expanded the reach of another category, opening the door to new marketing strategies..

Post estimates total grain production at 11.5 million MT, including 5.6 million MT of common wheat, 2.4 million MT of durum wheat, and 3.5 million MT of barley