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In 2016, U.S. rice exports to Colombia are 66.1 percent lower than the previous year. This is due to a strong U.S. dollar, larger Colombian domestic production, and increased competition...

In fiscal year (FY) 2016 (October to September) total Colombian food and agricultural imports were valued at $5.5 billion.

On October 21, 2016, South Africa published the final list of agricultural products and beer names protected under the SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement...

Hotel occupancy rates remain stable at 53.6 percent in 2015, with a number of new hotel chains expanding operations in Colombia.

The current dry, hot weather conditions and lower dam levels is expected to affect the flowering of citrus trees, mainly in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga region, resulting in a five percent decrease...

South Africa is the largest food service market in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a large and highly competitive hospitality industry. Hospitality and tourism are fast-growing sectors...

On December 5, 2016, the Registrar of the GMO Act informed stakeholders that all corn Genetically Engineered (GE) events that have been causing asynchrony with the United States have been approved...

Although the production area of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops in South Africa decreased in 2015 to approximately 2.3 million hectares, from 2.9 million hectares in 2014, due to a severe drought...

Colombia continues to expand its biotechnology frontier. The adoption rate for biotech corn has surpassed that of cotton and the development of a regulatory framework is underway.

Over the last two years, the volume of Colombian coffee production was only marginally impacted by the El Niño weather phenomena, although the quality of beans was affected.

Post forecasts that the deciduous fruit sector will continue to experience growth based on the increases in investment and area planted being driven by the weak rand and increases in export revenue.

Under normal climatic conditions and taking into account the subsistence farming sector, South Africa’s total corn crop for the 2016/17 MY could reach 12.8 million tons.