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Severe drought in 2020 caused a sharp reduction in MY2019/20 off-season rice and corn production, leading to a 4.8 percent reduction in agricultural economic growth in the first quarter 2020.

The spring planting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is ongoing and the weather and soil conditions are reportedly good.

Romania’s grain production is forecast down by 2.6 percent in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 from MY 2019/20.

The EU’s grain harvest in MY2020/21 is forecast to decline over 11MMT to 304 MMT, in large part due to extremely challenging planting conditions in the UK and France.

FAS/Ottawa forecasts increased production of wheat and oats in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 driven by improved weather conditions, low on-farm stocks, and strong demand.

Weekly Report as of April 24, 2020, of COVID-19 impact on the Indian harvest of Rabi (Winter) crops.

South Africa’s corn exports are continuing on the preexisting positive trend amidst a COVID-19 lockdown that started on March 27, 2020.

In 2008, El Salvador abolished the Planting Seed Law that required imported seeds to have a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the seeds did not contain GMOs.

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.

From October 2013 – June 2014, Taiwan imported over 1,600 thousand metric tons (TMT) of U.S. corn, exceeding Post estimates.

Following a near six month regulatory review, the Vietnam Minister of Agriculture signed the first four Certificates for Food and Feed Safety for four genetically modified corn traits.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the local production and milling industry once again came to an agreement on grain export management for the new marketing year.