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UAE – UAE plans to expand land under wheat plantation from 400 hectares to 1900 hectares in the Sharjah desert by 2023, a plan that was originally targeted to be attained by 2025 as the Emirate’s push towards food security. According to Zawya, the move is part of a project in Mleiha farm that commenced last year using desalinated water…
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MOROCCO – After the worst drought in decades, Morocco now stares at good fortunes as the Ministry of Agriculture announced that cereal production is expected to rise by 62% in 2023, Morocco World News has reported. The ministry attributed the surge in production to an improvement in weather conditions compared to the agricultural campaign for 2022. In 2022, the country…
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CANADA- According to Statistics Canada, Canadian wheat acreage could reach 27 million acres in 2023, up 6.2% year-over-year and the highest in two decades, owing to strong demand and favorable prices. This data comes from the 2022 Field Crop Survey -December, which collects information on seeding intentions, conducted from Dec. 12, 2022, to Jan. 14, 2023, and including about 9,500…
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KENYA – Kenya has launched a new US$ 70M (KES 9.5 billion) grain handling and storage terminal to support the transportation and storage of grains from the seaport to inland terminals. According to Capital News, the historic milestone was commissioned by President Ruto who stated that the facility plays a crucial role in transforming the transportation and storage of grains…
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ZAMBIA – Zambian President, Hakainde Hichilema has officiated the construction of a US$600 million Urea and ammonia plant at the United Capital Fertilizer Zambia Company Limited in Lusaka’s Chilanga district. According to Agence Ecofin, the facility is envisioned to have a production capacity of 480,000 tonnes of fertilizer per year, primarily 300,000 tonnes of urea, and 180 000 tons of…
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EUROPE- The Polish government has decided to keep the ban on Ukrainian grain imports for at least up to the end of the year 2023, according to Development Minister Waldemar Buda’s interview at private Polish Radio Zet. According to Buda, it is “absolutely impossible” for Poland to lift the embargo at the end of June and the earliest it could…
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INDIA- Wheat procurement in India, the world’s second-biggest wheat producer, has increased by almost 1 million tonnes, jumping from 18.8 million tonnes last year to 19.5 million tonnes as of 26th April 2023. According to unnamed government officials, this increase has brought the wheat procured to more than the total purchases made in the previous year, a report by Zawya…
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