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The Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture has issued the plan for development of the beef livestock sector in Kazakhstan. This report contains unofficial translations of the full plan.

Despite continued water deficit in the South and some pest problems during vegetation in some regions, in general, this year’s weather conditions were favorable for growers.

The report includes information that has been garnered during travel within Kazakhstan, reported in the local media, or offered by host country officials and agricultural analysts.

“AgriHorti Tech Uttar Pradesh”, an international exhibition on agriculture and horticulture technology, will be held January 22-24, 2015, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Firms interested in the Indian machinery and equipment sector for food and beverage industries may find this show a useful platform.

The Government of Pakistan has increased the tariff on sugar imports from zero to 20 percent and authorized an export quota of 500,000 metric tons.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), precipitation during the 2014 southwest monsoon (June-September) was 12 percent below India’s long period average (LPA) of 886.9 mm.

Mumbai hotels and their food and beverage teams have a familiarity of working with diplomatic missions for presenting and increasing the popularity of imported food and beverage products and cultures.

India’s 2014/15 coffee crop (Oct/Sep) is forecast at 5.1 million 60 kg bags, marginally higher than the revised MY 2013/14 estimate.

This report provides a list of food, beverage, and agricultural shows held in India in 2015.

The Government of Pakistan has increased the tariff on wheat imports from zero to twenty percent.

The minimum support prices (MSP) for rabi (winter planted) crops for MY 2015/16 have been raised; the MSP for wheat by INR 500 per metric ton to 14,500 ($236) per metric ton.