The World Bank has released $100 million for the World Food Program to tackle “deep food insecurity” for 2 million people in Sudan. The Washington-based institution in a statement said the funds will help provide an “emergency safety net” amid worsening hunger in the northeast African nation “caused by a poor harvest and rising international […]
Egypt and India unveiled Sunday the cornerstone for a polyethylene (PET) production factory to cost a $110 million investment, in Ain Sokhna, Suez governorate. The project is planned to have a production capacity of 30,000 tons per month, Ahram Online reports. The construction will go through two phases, the first starting during the first half […]
Public funding alone is not enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) said participants in the Global Forum organized Tuesday in Marrakech by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD), FAO and EU. They also called on international financial institutions to leverage private investments to tackle global challenges in food and agriculture. The […]
