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On April 4, 2024, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published on its website, Order F. No. TIC-B02/2/2022-IMPORTS-FSSAI. The FSSAI order extends the effective implementation date for the mandatory registration of foreign food manufacturing facilities (FFMF) for the import of certain categories of foods such as milk and milk products; meat and meat products including poultry, fish, and their products; egg powder; infant food; and nutraceuticals to India.

The 2023 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world during the 2023 calendar year.

On April 15, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted a 31 percent chance of an above normal 2024 southwest monsoon. IMD will issue a end of May forecast for the Monsoon Core Zone (MCZ), which represents most rainfed agriculture regions in the country and is the critical forecast related to agricultural planning, planting, and production.

FAS India forecasts marketing year (MY) 2024/25 coffee production (Oct/Sep) at 6 million 60-kilogram bags. Deficit pre-monsoon rains (Mar/May) are expected to negatively impact yields, as fruit setting drops significantly in major growing regions.

Wheat production is expected to recover this marketing year as higher soil moisture raises yield. West and North Kazakhstan were impacted by heavy flooding, with the areas of Atyrau, Kostanay, and Almola most negatively affected.

The global cotton industry is still readjusting to lower post-pandemic demand, and Uzbekistan wasn’t spared the effects of the market overhang. Uzbekistan's strong vertical integration and government support for the industry have helped drive both its resiliency and recovery.

On January 29, 2021, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India re-instituted now for a second time, its draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment...

Assuming normal weather conditions through harvest (February through March), India is expected to produce an estimated 8.2 million metric tons of rapeseed and mustard...

For rice marketing year (MY) 2020/21 (May-April), Post’s production forecast is lowered to 34.8 million metric tons (MMT), a 2.93 percent decrease over 2019/20 production...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published on February 16, 2021, a clarification that compliance with the exclusion of High Fat Sugar Salt (HFSS) Foods...

The Government of Pakistan has put on hold genetically engineered (GE) trials on all crops except cotton since March 2019.

On February 1, 2021, the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Finance presented the annual budget for Indian Fiscal Year (FY) 2021/22 (April-March) and announced budget estimates...