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This addendum accompanies the 2017 Agricultural Biotechnology Annual, and lists 2017 capacity building and/or outreach activities that relate to plant and animal biotechnologies.

Nigeria established the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) in 2015 to regulate the country’s bio-technology law and provide oversight for utilizing and commercializing biotechnolog....

Genetically engineered (GE) Gypsophila will likely reach the market before Bt cotton and Bt corn, as GE Gypsophila is not subject to national performance trials (NPTs) stipulated in the....

This report contains technical import requirements and regulations for food and agricultural products currently required by the Government of Kenya (GOK), including information on applicable laws....

Entry of international players in Kenya’s retail market space, the increasing purchasing power of a growing middle class, a robust macroeconomic growth and affordable retail space....

Nigeria’s wheat consumption continues to increase as prices of other major locally grown staples remain higher than those for wheat products.

This report provides technical import requirements and regulations for food and agricultural products currently required by the Government of Kenya (GOK)...

FAS/Nairobi forecasts Kenya's coffee production will increase modestly in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018 due to a recovery of farms from the drought conditions in MY 2016/2017....

MY17/18 sugar production is forecast to increase to 80,000 tons mainly due to adjustments by the Government of Nigeria (GON) now offering sugar industry stakeholders more favorable means to access....

FAS/Nairobi forecasts Kenya’s sugar production to remain flat in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018 due to continued poor performance of the state-owned sugar milling plants.

Post's combined estimates of Nigeria's MY2017/18 production for wheat, rice, corn and sorghum is set at about 16.3 million tons, representing a slight drop from the current MY2016/17 estimate....

FAS/Nairobi forecasts an increase in Kenya’s corn, wheat and rice production in the marketing year (MY) 2017/2018 mainly due to a recovery from the effects of the severe drought conditions....