Iraq has bought more than 4 million tons of local wheat this season
Iraq’s trade ministry has bought more than 4 million tons of local wheat in the season which started on April...
Agriculture
Egypt’s agricultural exports rise to 3.5mn tons YTD
Egyptian agricultural exports amounted to about 3.5m tons a year to date (YTD), despite the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry...
Enhancing Food security: Egypt increases 20/21 FY allocations for agriculture by 2%
The Egyptian government boosted the investment funds for the agriculture and irrigation sector in the new fiscal year 2020/2021, with...
Covid-19 reinforces the importance of the agriculture sector
The agricultural sector could emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic in a strong position, if certain challenges can be overcome, both...
COVID 19 Update: AfDB unveils roadmap to resilient and sustainable food systems
The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programs to assist African countries in tackling the...
Egypt: Agricultural exports jump to 3.22 million tons in 5 months
According to data from Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry, the nation’s agricultural exports of vegetables and fruits grew to 3.22 million tons...
EU agri-food exports to GCC rise over focus on healthy, fresh produce
European Union (EU) farm exports to the GCC grew by 25 percent in Q1 2020 thanks to COVID-19, which has...
Virus crisis an opportune time for innovation in agriculture
A panel of agriculture scientists and farming community advocates, including a local government official, said no one would get hungry...
Egypt- Saline agriculture provides safe local food source during pandemic
With the rapidly increasing population and ever-increasing consumption of resources, the world is facing a food crisis. Local solutions to...
Hassad to invest QR200mn in fodder sector over 3 years
Hassad, Qatar’s premier investor in the food sector is planning to invest QR200mn in the fodder sector over the next...
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