South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee has forecast that maize plantings will increase 31 percent in 2017 with those of white maize up by 53.5 percent and yellow maize by 6.4 percent. Meanwhile, there is a debate in the country regarding usage of Roundup weed killer.
Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Russia has issued a report on corn exports, both domestic and global, which shows that 1.7 MMT of the 4.7 MMT it exported in 2015/16 went to the Middle Eastern countries of Turkey (1 MMT), Lebanon (360,000 MT) and Iran (214,000 MT). In addition, 1.3 MMT went to the EU and 1.1 MMT to East Asia (mainly South Korea). Thus far in 2016/17, Russia has exported 1 MMT of corn to the Middle East. According to the r...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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...
