Milling Middle East & Africa- Week 40 Mid-Week News

LATEST AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

Unga Group posts US$6.6M loss on the back of depreciating shilling

KENYA? –???Unga Group Limited, a Kenyan-listed food processing firm has posted a KES 959.3 million (UD$6.6M) loss for the year that ended June 30, 2023.?. .?MORE

Ugandan government urged to set up seed banks in villages

UGANDA? – ?Officials from the Ministry of Local Government have beseeched the state to set up seed banks in every village in the country to facilitate access to quality seed.?. .?MORE

NCPB provides dryers, laboratories for testing aflatoxin

KENYA –?? The National Cereal and Produce Board (NCPB) has provided drying facilities and operational laboratories to cushion cereal farmers?from losses as a result of the expected El Nino.?.?.?MORE

Burkina Faso launches a US$16M project to boost corn, rice sectors

BURKINA FASO – ?Burkina Faso has launched a US$16 million project for the development of the rice and corn sectors under the “Integrated Development of Agricultural Value Chains Project” (PDI).?.?.?MORE

Malawi to export soybean, sesame to China duty-free

MALAWI? – ?Malawi is set to export 100,000 tonnes of soybeans and 20,000 tonnes of sesame seeds to China duty-free.?.?.?MORE

LATEST WORLD NEWS

Stern Ingredients inaugurates new facility in China

CHINA- Stern Ingredients?celebrated the grand inauguration of their state-of-the-art facility in Suzhou as it marked muhlenchemie's 100 years??of providing flour ingredients?. . .?MORE

Tri-national agreement streamlines Ukrainian grain transit via Poland

UKRAINE- Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania have reached a deal to facilitate the transit of Ukrainian grains through Poland?by transferring product inspections to a Lithuanian port?. . .?MORE

LDC posts impressive results in H1 2023 amid market turbulence?

NETHERLANDS– Louis Dreyfus Company's H1?2023 consolidated financial results revealed a stellar performance despite the persistent market turbulence caused by geopolitical, macroeconomic, and environmental challenges?.?.?.?MORE

Lallemand celebrates a century of yeast production in Canada

CANADA- Lallemand, a global leader in yeast and microbial solutions, recently marked a century of yeast production at its facility on rue Préfontaine in Montreal ?...?MORE

Cargill, Solidaridad partner farmers for sustainable soy supply chains

GLOBAL- Cargill and Solidaridad?have announced a partnership that will span five countries, aimed at improving the well-being of farmers and?promoting ?conservation efforts in the soy and palm oil supply chains?. .?. MORE