Agriculture & Food Security
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Egypt inaugurates a US$800M Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex in Ain Al-Sokhna
EGYPT – President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has inaugurated a US$800million Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex in the industrial zone of Ain Sokhna, owned by El Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals.…
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Kenya and FFI take a major step in green ammonia and fertilizer facility
KENYA – The Government of Kenya has signed an agreement with Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a global green energy company, to develop a 300-megawatt (MW)…
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Morocco develops new drought-resistant, highly nutritious wheat and barley varieties
MOROCCO – An international collaboration of world-leading scientists has developed six ground-breaking durum wheat and barley varieties tolerant to increasingly severe droughts ravaging Morocco, World…
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EU could ban glyphosate as PAN finds alternatives
EUROPE- The EU could ban glyphosate, the active ingredient of the controversial weed killer Roundup after the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) reports finding alternatives for…
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Early-season frost damage, elevated late-season temperatures could impact India’s rapeseed mustard crop quality; USDA
INDIA- According to a Rapeseed-Mustard Sowing Update by USDA staff, the quality of India’s crops in 2023 is likely to suffer, thanks to early-season frost…