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Post estimates marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production at 29 million 480 lb. bales (37.1 million 170-kilogram bales/6.3 MMT) with a planting area of 12.5 million hectares.

The production of avocados in South Africa is estimated to decrease by 25 percent to 127,000 Metric Tons (MT) in the 2018/19 Marketing Year (MY), due to the fall in yields, premature fruit drop....

The second edition of Food India, Inspired by SIAL will be held between September 19-21, 2019 at Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre in New Delhi.

The Indian retail sector continues to expand due to sectoral consolidation and efforts to provide greater consumer convenience through alternative grocery outlets....

South Africa has a well-developed retail sector expanding into other African countries.

Post forecasts that South Africa could export about 1.0 million tons of corn in the 2019/20 MY, on increased production.

On July 3, 2019, the Government of India (GOI) approved increases in the minimum support prices (MSPs) for the kharif (fall harvested) crops for the 2019/20 season.

On May 10, 2019, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued an additional directive to extend the timeline by three months on formulations containing vitamins and mineral....

The pace of plantings for all major kharif crops is slower than last year as delayed monsoon rains and low reservoir storage levels have resulted in lower planted area.

On June 3, 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare (MoAFW) raised its estimate of grain production for the Indian Crop Year (ICY) 2018/19 (July-June) to a near-record 283.4 MMT....

On July 2, 2019, the Government of India’s, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published the new draft Labeling and Display Regulations.

On May 14, 2019, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance (MOF) further deferred the implementation date, from May 16, 2019, to June 16, 2019, of the proposed increase....