Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Egypt has announced that the local wheat purchase price will be released in March, approximately one month before the harvest starts. There were previous comments that it would be tied to world prices, but this was not confirmed in the announcement. A research group in Egypt is said to have designed a truck for local production that can safely transport wheat with little or no spillage. According to one report, more than 15 percent of the country’s wheat is lost during transport due to open/overloaded trucks, poor packaging or bagging, and too many bumpy roads. The new trucks, which also allegedly have a system that can separate impurities from the wheat during loading, are expect...
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...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.