On December 22, 2016, Japan’s Cabinet approved a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) proposal to permit soybean meal, coconut oil meal, rapeseed meal, cottonseed oil meal...
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Burma: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Myanmar does not have a biosafety framework to track genetically engineered food or animal products.
This report provides an unofficial translation of Decision 5463/QD-BNN-PC, dated December 28, 2016 of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
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Pakistan: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Pakistan is making progress towards approving and implementing the regulations that will modernize its seed and biotechnology regulatory systems.
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Germany: KWS builds biotech research center in St. Louis

The German seed company KWS is starting a new biotech research center in Missouri.
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Pakistan: Seed Act Clears First Legislative Hurdle

The bill amending Pakistan’s 1976 Seed Act has cleared the first step of the legislative process.
On August 7, 2014, Taiwan’s Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA) of Council of Agriculture (COA) began screening for genetically engineered (GE) materials in organic soybeans.
Turkey's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock requires a government attestation that imports of enzymes and microorganisms are not obtained from genetic engineering.
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Honduras: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Honduras allows commercial production and field trials of genetically engineered (GE) crops.
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Australia: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

The Australian federal government is very supportive of biotechnology and has committed considerable long-term funding to research and development.
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Morocco: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

Morocco’s debate on biotechnology continues without much progress.
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Brazil: Sugar Annual

The Brazilian MY 2014/15 sugarcane crop is estimated at 619 mmt, down 5 mmt from MY 2013/14, mainly due to weather related problems in the center-southern producing region.