AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS
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Benin secures US$364M funding from IDB to strengthen sustainable agricultural systems
The funding will modernize the Godomey–Ouidah–Hillacondji road corridor and strengthen agricultural productivity, food security, and climate resilience.
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Iraq opens modernized plant genetic resources bank to strengthen food security
The bank is designed to safeguard Iraq’s local crop varieties, wild relatives, and traditional seed material, which face increasing pressures from water scarcity, salinity, heat, and changing farming systems.
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Côte d’Ivoire strengthens soybean processing capacity with new US$17M plant
The facility can process 70,000 tonnes of raw materials a year, turning shea into butter and soybeans into oil and oilseed cake.
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Black Sea disruption pushes wheat buyers towards alternative origins
Key international wheat buyers from Egypt to Bangladesh are grappling with severe supply chain and trade-flow disruptions as intensified attacks on Black Sea regional infrastructure persist for a third consecutive month.
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Kenyan farmers embrace barley as wheat economics tighten
Kenya has positioned itself as East Africa’s leading supplier of raw barley, with exports estimated at 39,997 tonnes in 2025.