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Ethiopia’s food safety regime is in the process of transitioning to become a more modern and effective system.

Dr. Gregory L. Parham, USDA’s Assistant Secretary for Administration, recently visited Ethiopia where he opened the 3rd Pan African Conference on SPS Risk Analysis.

MY2015/16 seed cotton production in Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Chad combined, are expected to drop 10 percent compared to the initial target due to a late start of the rainy season

South Africa should return as a net exporter of corn in the 2016/17 MY with about one million tons on higher production.

Post forecasts that the raisin production will increase by four percent to 51,000 MT in the 2016/17 MY, from 49,000 MT in the 2015/16 MY based on the increase in area production.

Regulations relating to the reduction of sodium in certain foodstuffs and related matters came into effect on June 30, 2016 in South Africa.

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

The Dire Dawa Food Complex, located in the eastern side of Ethiopia, recently announced in local newspapers that it was holding an international tender to purchase 2,000 metric tons of durum wheat...

On August 14, 2015, the President of Ethiopia signed into law the necessary regulatory framework that will allow the cultivation of genetically-engineered Bt cotton.

South Africa is one of the most advanced and diverse economies in Africa. With a population of almost 54 million people, the country is an attractive business destination.

In 2014 Agriculture contributed about 10% to the Gross Domestic Product in Zimbabwe.

Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa and can be credited with political stability and strong economic growth in the last decade.