Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Hoboob, the Syrian grain agency, has reportedly bought 200,000 MT of soft wheat at $195/MT CNF. The sale is said to have been made by a Middle Eastern grain company with origin expected to be from the Black Sea. Comments in the trade are that the price indicated is below the current international price, which may mean that the information provided is not accurate. Egypt recently bought similar wheat at a price that was about $22/MT higher. Syria is expected to import about 1.5 MMT of wheat in 2018. Saudi Arabian farmers are back in the wheat business with the Saudi Arabian Grains Organization (SAGO) saying that it will buy up to 700,000 MT of local wheat annually for the next five years...
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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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...
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