Wheat
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Ethiopia targets to increase area under wheat cultivation by 130% this summer
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced that the country’s summer wheat cultivation target stands at three million hectares, 1.7 million hectares more…
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UAE’s EAP plans to establish wheat farm project in Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA – Elite Agro Projects (EAP), a UAE-headquartered specialist agricultural engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company, plans to establish a wheat farm in Ethiopia. Speaking…
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UAE’s Al Dahra in talks to acquire agricultural land in Egypt as it seeks to halt the country’s import dependency
EGYPT – Al Dahra, an Emirati agribusiness is discussing purchasing additional agricultural land in Egypt in a deal that could reduce Cairo’s dependence on imports…
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Malawi makes first-ever large-scale wheat harvesting as the country makes effort toward self-sufficiency
MALAWI – Malawi has made its first successful large-scale harvest of wheat seed at Mpale Farm in Madisi, Dowa District after years of attempts to…
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Rwanda plots replacing wheat with sweet potato flour to tame import costs
RWANDA – Rwanda seeks to replace wheat in baking with sweet potatoes in a bid to tame import costs following hefty trade sanctions on its…