Egypt is reported to be making great effort to induce local wheat farmers to use high-yielding, quality seed stock produced by the government’s Central Agency for Seed Production (CASP) as its consumption is rising with production forecast to drop slightly in 2016.
Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Turkish flour exports in 2015 are expected to top 2.5 MMT due to very strong demand from Syria, Sudan and Iraq. Turkey is the world’s largest exporter of wheat flour – a title that alternates between that country and Kazakhstan. According to information from Turkey, Iraq is the largest import destination, purchasing as much as 1 MMT. Its strong flour demand is expected to continue as most of the Ir...
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...
