Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Lebanon officials have said that the Beirut port silos will be demolished due to the extensive damage caused by the recent explosion in the port. The silos contained about 45,000 MT of grain at the time of the explosion and none of the grain is salvageable for human food or animal feed use. There are also news reports in Lebanon that flour donated by Egypt and Iraq, since the port explosion, has been poorly stored and may have to be destroyed. The government denies these reports. Crysbro, a Sri Lankan poultry company, has come out strongly in support of the government’s plans to expand local maize production. Sri Lanka produces about 225,000 MT of maize per year, but con...
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