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According to the draft decree the changes will be made concerning the value added tax. The governmental support will be given in the form of compensation of the interest rate for loans.

The FAO Food price index dropped to an 11-month low in October, declining 4 percent, or nine points, to 216 points from September.

Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong said the ministry was working with countries in the European Union to locate pig farmers and slaughterhouses that export pork to Malaysia.

The outbreak above seems to be the 1st one recorded in the Kursk (Kurskaya) oblast, bordering Ukraine on its north-eastern border.

In connection with the cases of African swine fever at a private farm in Kursk region (Russia), 85 km from the Ukrainian border, Ukrainian veterinary and sanitary control points at the state border have been put on alert.

At least five hundred pigs in Amuru District have succumbed to the highly contagious African swine fever, a disease that majorly affects pigs.

On Tuesday, October 25, representatives of the Brazilian and Ukrainian government signed two agricultural cooperation agreements.

In January-August 2011, Belarus’ exports of food products were up by 25.8% from the same period last year to a total of $2591.8 million.

VPSS forecasts that continued spread of ASF could result in an economic impact as high as RUR8 billion ($267 million) by year’s end.

To increase pig production capacity, the government of Sichuan province has deployed some CNY 383.55 million (USD 60.4 million) to the local pig industry.

Tighter controls on the use of antimicrobials - such as antibiotics - are needed to fight growing bacteria resistance, says a resolution adopted by Parliament on Thursday.

The State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine has lifted a ban on imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania.

In France, the current legal framework and the nitrates action plans for zones vulnerable to nitrate pollution do not effectively guarantee that this pollution is addressed effectively, as required by EU law. Greece too has a number of failings in this area.

According to the Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, in the current year grain exports will total nearly 24-25 mln tonnes.After that we will impose the certain limitations.

On the basis of the testing results and clinical investigation of pigs, the veterinary authorities of Lithuania have concluded that CSF has been eradicated.

Pork has remained the most favored meat, with 34 kilograms per resident consumed last year.