MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS After last week’s wheat tender Egypt’s GASC has booked 2.13 MMT of wheat this buying year – 935,000 MT from Russia, 660,000 MT from Romania, 475,000 MT from Ukraine and 60,000 MT from France. Egypt has announced that customs will no longer use a monthly set currency rate but will change to a daily rate based on the Central Bank exchange rates. Customs had been using a set rate for essential goods and a fluctuating monthly rate for non-essential goods. All will now fluctuate daily.
According to a recent study on the regional water situation, the Middle East and North Africa are some of the worlds most “water-stressed” regions. With the entire region dep...
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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