With much of the land unsuited for farming, it is a net food importer.
The country is also now a net food importer where it once exported grain to the region.
Russia is one of the world's largest food importers.
This action represents the agency's first debarment of a food importer.
With about a fifth of the world's people, experts say, the Islamic nations are large-scale food importers.
Russia is still a net food importer from China.
Japanese officials say that Japan, which is already the largest food importer in the world, deserves an exception for rice.
Despite its abundant land and water resources, Iraq is a net food importer.
Globally, the most affected are developing countries as net food importers.
Bengal had been a food importer for the last decade.