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Two-way agricultural trade between the United States and Southern Africa has grown significantly in the past decade, reaching a record $1.5 billion in 2017.

In early 2017, field samples were collected confirming the existence of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Mozambique.

On December 12, 2017, Higino de Marrule was appointed as Agriculture Minister of Mozambique.

Mozambique has planted the first field trial of Genetically Engineered (GE) corn in the Chókwè District of Gaza Province in the southern part of the country....

Mozambique is now in a position to start research trials of Genetically Engineered (GE) agricultural crops, after the Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Biosafety Regulations...

Mozambique’s agricultural sector is characterized mainly by subsistence farming, with commercial lands focusing mainly on sugar, tobacco, cotton and cashew nuts.

Mozambique is now in a position to start research trials of Genetically Engineered (GE) agricultural crops, after the Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Biosafety Regulations...

Since January 2014, the Burkinabe National Biosafety Agency (NBA) has been converting the status of the organization to a technical and scientific public institution (EPSET) for greater autonomy.

Minister of Science and Technology approved revised regulations that will create a positive environment for seed companies to start research.

Mozambique is revising its biosafety regulations, which could allow for the country's first field trials of genetically engineered crops.