India's pulses crisis is expected to escalate as the new crop will only arrive at the market in April/May 2016, and the government will need to import additional supplies to meet demand. India Expected to Import More Pulses The Ministry of Commerce stated that India imported 2.237 MMT of pulses (lentils), estimated at a value of $1.612 billion, during April-September 2015. This was its response to a question posed to Parliament regarding what the government is doing to reduce the prices of that commodity. In 2014/15, it imported 4.584 MMT or 382,000 MT/month, but that has dropped slightly in the first six months of 2015/16 to 372,000 MT/month. However, the volume could rise if the rabi crop is negatively impacted by weather.In 2014/15, t...
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...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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