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There is limited understanding of genetic engineering and products thereof among Tanzanians, except for a small population of elites with a tertiary level of education.

For marketing year (MY) 2017/18 (May to April), Post’s estimates for total rice area and production is lowered to 11.3 million hectares and 33.1 million tons (MMT) due to heavy and prolonged rain....

Bangladesh rice production in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 is forecast lower at 34.18 million metric tons (MMT).

As millions of east African smallholder farmers seek to recover from a devastating drought, they face a new threat-fall armyworms.

Tanzania’s coffee production will increase to 1.15 million bags in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018, from 1.05 million bags in MY 2016/2017, primarily due to the biennial bearing cycle.

Rice production for MY 2017/18 (May-April) is forecast at 34.7 MMT on higher yields. Wheat production for MY 2017/18 (July-June) is forecast at 1.3 MMT on higher planted area....

MY 2017/18 raw cotton production is projected at 130,000 bales on favorable weather and expansion of American Upland cotton planted area; imports are projected to rise by 6.2 million bales....

Reported by Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), the delayed onset and below-average rainfall in the northern bimodal and central transition areas has resulted in significant crop loss.

Assuming a normal winter and mid-summer season (Jan-May), Bangladesh’s soybean production is expected to rise 1.96 percent to 156 thousand tons in MY 2017/18 (Jul-Jun).

For MY 2016/17 (May to April) the rice planted area and production forecast is marginally raised to 11.76 million HA and 34.58 MMT.