Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Turkey’s total grain purchases from Russia are reported to have increased from 1.66 MMT in 2016/17 to 3.74 MMT in 2017/18 to date. This includes 2.64 MMT of wheat, 870,000 MT of corn and 190,000 MT of barley. USDA’s GSM-102 program has been revised to allow Turkish banks to transact its business in Israel. They were also previously approved to do the same in Africa and the Caucasus region. Egypt has boosted its Russian grain purchases from 1.2 MMT in 2016/17 to 4.3 MMT thus far in 2017/18, which consist mainly of wheat. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has lowered interest rates with its overnight lending rate dropping to 17.75 percent from 18.75 percent. Following the curr...
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...
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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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