USAID is providing funds in Ghana for the installation of easy-to-operate corn shelling equipment that can be used by all farmers there. This new equipment runs on bicycle power and can produce up to 1.5 MT of shelled corn per day.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS The Bahri Dry Bulk division of Saudi Arabia's National Shipping Company has taken delivery of the "Bahri Grain," an 82,000 DWT bulk grain vessel. This is the second of five vessels from Japan's Osima Shipbuilding that were purchased. The remaining three are to be delivered in mid-2014.USDA reports that 204,000 MT of U.S. corn have been booked for shipment to Egypt. According to the trade, about 100,000 MT was booked by Medsofts Egypt and the balance div...
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...
