Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA In Egypt, the Sues Canal Authority has announced plans to deepen and widen the southern stretch of the canal. The section between Suez City and Great Bitter Lake will be widened by 130 feet and deepened from 66 feet to 72 feet.
Bangladesh and Nepal may be importing Indian wheat in coming months with trade reports that 150,000 MT may be targeted for Bangladesh and 50,000 MT for Nepal. India is said to be able to export “significant quantities” of wheat this year. The USDA expects 2021/22 wheat exports by India to be at about 2.2 MMT. The latest USDA-FAS report on Bangladesh shows wheat imports for 2021/22 increasing by 500,000 MT to 6.5 MMT while local prod...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
The yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventer), also known as the rock chuck, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel in the marmot genus.[2] It is one of fourteen species of marmots, and is native to mountainous and semi-arid regions of southwestern Canada and western United States, includin...
