Kenya has set a target to double corn production in the next five years. The government also said that it will be promoting a change in the local diet to reduce corn consumption and increase that of potatoes and rice.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS There was very good news for international grain companies operating in Egypt with the Central Bank's announcement that the ban on companies transferring earnings abroad has been lifted. Although the bank advises that it will not be supplying USD for any transfers and that sourcing dollars will be the companies' task, this action should still make the grain business in Egypt a little easier for global firms.According to Egypt's supply minister, the government's targe...
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...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
