Fear of imports and the inability to sell the stocks purchased by Food Corporation of India (FCI) led GOI to announce another 10 percent increase in the wheat import duty. A 15 percent tariff was imposed in August 2015 as flour millers in southern India had started importing wheat from Australia.
Cotton Prices Stable, but Market Panics For cotton’s MY 2014/15 (ending 30 September), the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) purchased 8.7 million bales, 21 times more than the 400,000 bales in MY 2013/14. Experts estimate that the CCI will need to buy at least 12 million bales in MY 2015/16, although there is no fixed target yet. The increase in CCI’s purchases is being attributed to a drop in those by the biggest importer,...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
