The Moroccan fertilizer producer says currency changes, lower sales volumes, and tensions in the Middle East affected first-quarter results, even as demand for phosphate fertilizers stayed firm in key markets.
The government plans new grain and oilseed import levies as it pushes local sourcing and expands irrigation projects ahead of possible El Niño conditions in the 2026/27 farming season.
Russia is looking at Nigeria as a possible supplier of palm oil as demand in the Russian market continues to rise.
The new academy will train Emirati entrepreneurs, operators and food industry specialists in milling, baking and production.
This localized intervention directly targets immediate nutritional deficiencies while simultaneously easing the economic burdens currently pressing down on vulnerable households within the agricultural, rice-growing region of Mwea.