Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Morocco’s National Federation of Millers has advised that current wheat stocks will cover up to five months of cosumption and added that the current duty-free wheat imports through September will increase the stock level. Egypt’s annual food price inflation is now at 68.2 percent in July. Poultry and meat prices are up by 93.4 percent, seafood and fish up by 83.4 percent, dairy products up by 64.7 percent, and bread and baked goods up by 55.7 percent. The total annual inflation rate for all items is 38.2 percent. Egypt, UAE’s Al Dahra and the Abu Dhabi Exports Office finalized the arrangement for $500 million in wheat supply over five yea...
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...
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