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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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Suspension of exports of millet, maize and sorghum meal, following a ban on exports of cereal grains.

This decision follows an earlier ban on exports of the same cereal grains that came into force on 1 January 2021. The measures are intended to safeguard domestic food supplies and contain upward press...

Russian Federation lifts temporary restrictions on fresh fruit imports from China

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia orders to allow the import of fresh fruit crops from China to Russia from February 20, 2022, and requests to notify this inf...

Presidential Decree No. 04-2022 Approval of the National Climate Change Policy.

This document approves the National Climate Change Policy, the Policy has as principles: 1. Climate justice with reparation; 2. Human development, Good Living and Common Good; 3. Repair of loss and da...

COMEX Resolution No. 009-2022 – List of Tariff Subheadings Subject to Prior Import Controls and Import Prohibitions

COMEX Resolution No. 009-2022 establishes and codifies Ecuador's list of tariff subheadings subject to prior import controls, the list of prohibited imports, and tariff subheadings requiring prior con...

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Zimbabwe lifts import ban on maize grain and products

Zimbabwe lifted the import ban on maize, which had been introduced in June 2021. The measure comes amid poor prospects for the 2022 domestic maize crop, to be harvested in the next weeks, and supply d...

Ministerial Agreement No. 009-2022: Operations Plan of the Agrobiodiversity, Seeds and Sustainable Agriculture Research ...

Ministerial Agreement No. 009-2022 establishes the Operations Plan of Ecuador's Agrobiodiversity, Seeds and Sustainable Agriculture Research Fund (FIASA) and defines the strategic areas for research a...

Implementation- Ongoing

Russia introduces export quota of nitrogen fertilizers and nitrogen-based fertilizer compounds.

The Ukraine Conflict and Other Factors Contributing to High Commodity Prices and Food Insecurity explores the impact of the Ukraine conflict alongside other variables on the rise of commodity prices a...

China bans phosphate exports

The Chinese government announced production policy needed to be adjusted to protect prices within the Asian nation, which means a complete halt on the product being sent out to other countries going f...

Restriction on the export of meat from Argentina for two years

The Decree establishes restrictions on the export of certain cuts of beef from Argentina until December 31, 2023, in order to balance the domestic market and promote local production. The export of wh...

Export of Locally Produced Cereals and Vegetable Oils Suspended

Cameroon takes the measure to curb price increases and ensure adequate supply of these commodities on the domestic market.

Supreme Decree No. 4632 – Agricultural, Beekeeping, Fisheries and Aquaculture Production Support Programs for Food Sec...

Supreme Decree creating, for the 2022-2025 period, national programs supporting cotton production, beekeeping, Andean grains, fisheries and aquaculture, tubers and roots, and urban and peri-urban agri...

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Peru: Emergency Decree No. 106-2021 authorizing financial subsidies for producers purchasing fertilizers

Emergency Decree No. 106-2021 authorizes Peru's Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation to grant financial subsidies, channeled through the AGROPERÚ Fund, to producers who purchased fertilize...