The focus on improving Ethiopia’s agricultural sector by both the government of Ethiopia and donor countries in recent years has helped to build resilience among smallholder farmers and mitigate the damage that such a severe drought might otherwise have caused. Read more
Russia – Regulation of Ag Biotech Crops and Food – The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service has issued its 2016 Biotechnology Annual Report for the Russian Federation which states that “… on July 3, 2016, Russia adopted FL 358-FZ, which prohibits the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) plants and the breeding[…]