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The synchronization of two Mission Brazil exchange programs, USDA's Cochran Fellowship Program and State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program, will facilitate effective, climate-focused collaboration between American and Brazilian counterparts.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries proposed to revise the Geographical Indication (GI) Act to boost exports of GI-protected processed foods. Comment period ends on September 1, 2022.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries released 2030 targets for its “Green Food System Strategy,” including a 10.6 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, a 20 percent reduction in use of chemical fertilizers, and a 10 percent reduction in use of chemical pesticides.

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) wood manufacturing sectors are facing significant headwinds including rising costs, weakening economic conditions, COVID-19 related disruptions to operations, and increasing international competition. China’s wood...

Climate change, the environment, and increased participation of Indigenous Peoples, women and youth will feature alongside more traditional priorities like competitiveness, innovation and international trade in Canada’s future agricultural policy framework.

Saudi Arabia currently adopts biotech regulations issued by the Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO) in 2011for imported food and agricultural products.

There is currently no production of agricultural biotechnology in Angola, and GE imports are limited to food aid.

This report supplements the EU-28 Agricultural Biotechnology Annual 2014 report with information about the new regulation that allows each EU Member State to “opt-out” of GE crop cultivation...

In the European Union, governments, the media, non-governmental organizations, consumers, and industry associations remain conflicted about the use of agricultural biotechnology.

After a five-year moratorium on genetically modified organisms (“GMOs”) that was imposed with the 2004 Food Law, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) adopted the Law on Genetically Modified Organisms in 2009.

Austria continues to be one of the leading forces in Europe opposed to the use of agricultural biotechnology.

Biotechnology continues to be a politically sensitive subject in Morocco. In 2008, Morocco circulated a draft law to regulate the introduction, use, and marketing of biotech products.