African Development Bank to invest $24 billion in Africa’s food sector
The African Development Bank, AfDB, plans to invest about $24 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the realisation...
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Qatar food security project gets $440 million bank financing
Qatar Islamic Bank signed to provide 1.6 billion riyals ($440 million) of financing to build a food processing and storage...
$1.5 billion Dubai Food Park unveiled
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai –...
Changes in consumer tastes offer crucial GCC investment opportunities
Food and beverage manufacturers must keep on top of the Gulf’s fast-changing tastes, workforce trends and government zeal for healthy...
EU fruit and vegetable exports to third countries came to €4.9 billion in 2016
Switzerland and Norway were the main non-EU destinations for the bloc's fresh produce exports in 2016, according to the latest...
Italy’s Novafruit meets rising demand for imported fruit in the Middle East
Italian company Novafruit has built a reputation in the Middle East as a reliable source of fruit not just from...
Egypt’s online Knock Mart Food Industries achieves 400% growth
Knock Mart is the first commercial chain to introduce the concept of shopping for food items and household products via...
Syrian farm production grows
Food security has improved in parts of Syria over the last year, though the overall situation remains far worse than...
FAO turns to mobile technology to tempt Iraqi farmers back to fields
Short message service (SMS) technology will allow thousands of rural farmers to be paid electronically and return to their agrarian...
Egypt imports cattle from Ireland after 20-year hiatus
Irish exporters expressed their willingness to secure a contract to supply cattle to the Egyptian market, according to AgriLand’s website....
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