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• Chinese Ag Ministry issues new guidance on crop inputs, GMO approvals

  Apr. 18, 2016

  # China Special #

• India’s monsoon rains seen above average in 2016

  Apr. 15, 2016

• UN report on pesticide residues in food 2015

  Apr. 15, 2016

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  Biotech/GM crops planted on two billion hectares from 1996 to 2015

  Apr. 15, 2016

• FAO and partners ramp up efforts to track and prevent spread of damaging wheat rusts

  Apr. 15, 2016

• China may cultivate pest-resistant corn in next five years -official

  Apr. 14, 2016

• China increasing soybean production to meet demand

  Apr. 14, 2016

• Global GM crop area dips in 2015 in first-ever decline

  Apr. 14, 2016

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  Eurostat published 2013 EU pesticide sales data

  Apr. 13, 2016

  # Fungicides & Bactericides #

• Kenya at the forefront of bio-control sector

  Apr. 13, 2016

• UK launched new center for crop health and protection

  Apr. 13, 2016

• Global agricultural chelates market projected to reach $566 mn by 2020

  Apr. 13, 2016

• Argentina aims for $5 bln investment in renewable energy by 2018

  Apr. 13, 2016

• Brazil imported US$ 4.23 billion of agrochemicals in the last 12 months

  Apr. 13, 2016

  # Latin America Focus #

• Two-thirds of Europeans support ban on glyphosate

  Apr. 12, 2016

• India to promote native cotton seeds

  Apr. 12, 2016

  # India Special #

• China’s farmers to be encouraged to plant more soybeans

  Apr. 11, 2016

  # China Special #

• France to ban glyphosate-surfactant combinations on health concerns

  Apr. 11, 2016

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  Canadian launch of Monsanto’s new Xtend soybean on hold pending European Union approval

  Apr. 11, 2016

  Monsanto Company
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  Italian maize acreage declined to the lowest point since 1994

  Apr. 11, 2016

• Burkina Faso seeks $84 mn compensation from Monsanto over GM cotton

  Apr. 11, 2016

• Brazilian corn losing competitiveness against U.S. and Argentina

  Apr. 11, 2016

  # Latin America Focus #

• Vietnam pesticides market projected to reach $1.2 bn by 2020

  Apr. 8, 2016

• Brazil and Argentina increase use of biofuels

  Apr. 8, 2016

  # Latin America Focus #
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  China aims to cut corn planting in parts of farming belt by a third

  Apr. 8, 2016

  # China Special #

• China’s grain reforms to boost depressed corn processing industry

  Apr. 5, 2016

  # China Special #

• Brazil's wheat production could increase in spite of lower acreage

  Apr. 5, 2016

• U.S. rice production declined 13% in 2015

  Apr. 4, 2016

• Stress-Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) project promises hardy maize for Africa

  Apr. 4, 2016

• Most inputs are distributed by cooperatives in Brazil

  Apr. 1, 2016

  # Latin America Focus #