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Agriculture & Food Security
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India’s rice export ban puts contracts worth US$1B in jeopardy
INDIA- Rice traders in India claim that the country’s decision to ban non-basmati white rice exports will force them to cancel rice export contracts of…
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Egypt courts UAE for US$400M funding to buy Ukrainian wheat
EGYPT – Egypt, one of the world’s biggest wheat importers, is in talks with the UAE for US$400 million in financing to help it purchase…
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Macadamia farmers to earn big as the government increases prices by 80%
KENYA – Macadamia farmers in Kenya have become a lucky lot after the government set the price of a kilo of the nuts to KES100,…
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Burkina Faso to ramp up rice production in the face of increasing demand
BURKINA FASO- Over the last decade, rice has become a staple in Burkinabè households, putting pressure on the productive apparatus and prompting the government to…
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Tunisia Cereals Office to invest over US$4M in Bizerte storage capacity improvement
TUNISIA – One of the countries in North Africa, Tunisia, is planning to invest 13 million dinars (US$4.3 million) to implement a project aimed at…