Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS The first shipment of 2,200 MT of Indian wheat has arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan via Iran’s Chabahar port. Another 60,000 MT are reported to be in Chabahar, the first lot of an estimated 1.1 MMT destined for various locations in Afghanistan. The initial shipment was greeted in Kabul by the agriculture ministry and the Indian embassy’s deputy chief of mission. Also in Afghanistan, the government has announced plans to build five wheat storage facilities with a total capacity of more than 150,000 MT. They will be located in the five provinces of Baghlan, Balkh, Kandahar, Herat and Kabul, and some financing will be provided by the World Bank. Upon completion, the number of such...
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Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
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