Saudi wheat import to rise further
Saudi Arabia's wheat output for 2012/13 is forecast to fall again in line with the Kingdom's strategy to phase out...
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GCC halal food imports to rise to $53 billion by 2020
With the total food import to the Gulf region set to double by 2020, the regional halal food industry is...
Call for better system to manage rain water in Qatar
Qatar needs to place storm water management design and landscaping as too many "impervious surfaces" combined with the presence of...
Iraq completes $146 million Baghdad water scheme
Iraq has completed a new $146-million project to supply drinking water to much of Baghdad’s population. Saleh al-Mutlaq, deputy prime...
Saudi Arabia buys 295,000 tons of wheat
Saudi Arabia bought 295,000 tons of hard wheat from European Union countries, Australia and the U.S. in its latest tender,...
Global food production to slow following boom
Global food production will slow over the coming decade following an exceptional but unsustainable rate of growth in developing countries,...
13% of UAE soil suitable for irrigated farming
About 13 per cent of the soil in the country is suitable for irrigated farming, according to the national soil...
$150 million silos to boost flour output capacity in Saudi Arabia
Jazan Gov. Prince Muhammad bin Nasser laid the foundation stone for a grain silos and flour mill project worth more...
Qatar plans to cut dependence on food imports
Authorities involved with an ambitious project in Qatar, the Sahara Forest Project, said they were determined to contribute to plans...
Iraq announces tender to buy 30,000 tons of rice
Iraq announced a tender to purchase not less than 30,000 tons of rice from the United States, Uruguay, Thailand and...
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