According to a recent report, corn consumption in Saudi Arabia will increase by close to 23 percent in the next four years. This will all have to be imported with most of it going to the rapidly expanding poultry sector that is expected to grow by 52 percent over the same time span.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Very bad weather in Egypt has closed a number of ports, mainly on the Suez or the Red Sea, but severe rains and high winds have slowed port operations in Mediterranean grain ports.The Cairo Chamber of Commerce announced that its poultry division has been involved in serious discussions between Brazilian interests and Egyptian poultry producers that could lead to a very significant investment in the Egy...
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...
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...
