Jordan’s grain import rules are said to be having a very serious effect on business there as can be seen by the lack of bidders in recent tenders and the government’s continual passing on the few offers received.
Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Middle East/North Africa (MENA) regional importers of Indian soymeal have almost totally stopped buying that origin as the prices are much too high for the current market. Oman, Kuwait and Iran have purchased just over 30,000 MT in total during April-November versus 265,000 MT for the same period in 2014. Iran has shown the largest decrease with a drop totaling 230,000 MT. Indian soymeal is not going to be competitive in the MENA region until world prices...
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...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
