News Updates MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Corn plantings will be promoted in Algeria as a way to try to reduce the country's complete dependence on imported corn for animal feed use (about 3 MMT of corn are imported each year), according to the head of the farmers' union in a report released this week. However, traders in Algeria say there is little or no chance that there will be any significant corn plantings because it is just not an attractive crop for farmers. It seems that if the Algerian government wants to increase the very limited corn crop, it will have to provide a financial push in order to get larger farmers to switch to corn. If they do switch to corn, the question then will be what will not be grown (certain...
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...
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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...
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