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Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s Ag Imports Continue Growing

Ethiopia’s agriculture imports reached $1.8 billion in 2015. Future imports are expected to increase as the country’s economy and population continue to grow.
The proliferation of national Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) measures in recent months is a result of a provision in the EU’s Food Information to Consumers (FIC) regulation...
Farmers union COPA-COGECA joined forces with EU egg packers and retailers to ask the European Commission to take measures for free range egg producers.
The European Commission launched its three-month public consultation on the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform today, Thursday, February 2, 2017.
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EU-28: Tree Nuts Annual

In the last decade, tree nut shipments from the United States to the EU-28 have doubled, reaching a record $2.98 billion in 2015, of which $1.8 billion were almonds.
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Tenders for Imported Milling Wheat

In mid-January, Ethiopia cut the size of its earlier-announced milling wheat tender of 720,000 metric tons to 400,000 metric tons.
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Ethiopia: Back-to-Back Droughts Hit Ethiopia

The Government of Ethiopia and international development partners are gearing up to address drought conditions in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
In December 2016, the U.S. Forest Service conducted a two-day workshop to build emergency response capacity in Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa.