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Türkiye boosts border security amid Iran-Israel conflict
Global Times
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Iranians are seen at the Gurbulak border gate in Agri, Türkiye, on June 18, 2025. Türkiye has increased security measures along its borders amid rising tensions in the region following recent hostilities between Iran and Israel, Defence Minister...
Egypt launches first national workshop on food systems, climate action with UN, global partners
Daily News Egypt
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July 15, 2025
Egypt has launched its first national workshop under the “Convergence Initiative on Food Systems and Climate Action,” a major step toward aligning national food, health, and climate policies. The event is supported by the United Nations, World...
Arabica Coffee Resumes Climb on Dry Brazil Weather
Yahoo News
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September arabica coffee (KCU25) today is up +8.85 (+2.98%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25) is up +5 (+0.15%). Arabica coffee prices are trading higher, seeing continued support from dry weather conditions in Brazil. Somar Meteorologia...
Turkey prepares to open olive groves for mining to ‘feed power plants’
Bianet
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July 16, 2025
Turkey's Mining Law No. 3212, enacted in 1985, faces yet another amendment following a series of draft bills in the last decade in what is widely seen as a referendum on the national agricultural economy as olive groves, forests and pasturelands...
Egypt Nears Sugar Self-Sufficiency amid Agricultural Expansion
Sada Elbalad
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July 16, 2025
Wed 16 Jul 2025 | 01:50 PM Egypt’s sugar sector has achieved a pivotal milestone in its pursuit of self-sufficiency, as the country’s strategic efforts in agricultural reform begin to bear fruit. This is reported by Sada El-Balad, a partner of TV...
"Our goal is to make microgreens accessible to every household in Iraq"
Fresh Plaza
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July 16, 2025
Just months after joining the Wifra incubation program, Hasan Falah has built one of Iraq's most promising new ventures in sustainable food production. His startup, Micro Harvest, is a youth-led agribusiness growing organic microgreens in a...
Another party quits Israeli PM Netanyahu’s govt but stays in coalition
Sabah
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July 16, 2025
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas Party announced Wednesday that its ministers are resigning from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, intensifying the dispute over compulsory military service for Haredi Jews. However, the party, which has...
UAE leader visits Turkey, emphasizing shift from rivalry to regional alignment
Al-Monitor
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July 16, 2025
ANKARA/WASHINGTON — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Wednesday in the first such since July 2023, during which they signed agreements to expand their once-fraught bilateral ties and amid...
Who are the Druze and why are they being targeted in Syria?
The National News
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Clashes between Druze fighters and pro-government forces in Syria have intensified into a violent urban assault, leaving scores dead, in some of the worst fighting involving the religious minority. Backed by tribal militias and extremist factions,...
Vertical Farming: New Ventures Rise from the Ashes of Failure
Triple Pundit
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Vertical farming isn't easy, with startup and energy costs among the factors leading some high-profile vertical farming companies to collapse or scale back over recent years. But the pressures of climate change and water scarcity continue to keep...
Attack on West Bank Christian town stirs calls for Israeli government to curb settler violence
Religion News Service
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July 16, 2025
JERUSALEM (RNS) — For years, extremist Israeli settlers have tried to intimidate the small clusters of Bedouin — Muslim tribal desert dwellers — living on the outskirts of Taybeh, the only fully Christian town in the West Bank. In the past two...
Seeds of resistance: Cyprus seed bank battles agribusiness monopolies
People's World
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July 16, 2025
The Community Bank of Cypriot Traditional Seeds is run by the Farmers Union of Cyprus. It exists in order to preserve seeds native to Cyprus, with the goal of maintaining the nation’s cultural connection to its food and agriculture. | People's...
World Bank, Israel support Nigeria to boost pasture production
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
The World Bank, through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project, has secured support from the Israeli government to boost pasture production for livestock feeds in Nigeria. The World Bank Task Team Leader for the L-PRES...
Seven Israeli tomato varieties registered in Morocco amid broader approval of foreign seeds
Hespress
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July 16, 2025
The Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture has officially authorized the registration of seven new Israeli-developed tomato varieties within the national registry of cultivable plant species, part of a broader update that included dozens of...
[UN Warns of Desertification Threat to Yemen’s Agricultural Lands
Yemen Online
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July 17, 2025
Sanaa — The United Nations has issued a stark warning about the accelerating threat of desertification in Yemen, highlighting its devastating impact on agricultural lands and food security across the war-torn country. In a message marking World...
Israeli strikes rock Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze militias
9News
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July 16, 2025
Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country's fragile postwar order. Syria is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from...
Funding now available for senior farmers' market coupons, senior representative says
WSIL - Illinois
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CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) -- Senior centers in southern Illinois are now distributing yearly famer's market coupon booklets to area seniors, after holding the booklets for roughly a week due to lack of funding. This information comes from the...
Farmington man envisioned what Concert of Colors has turned into — a charcuterie board of free fun
The News Herald - Michigan
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July 16, 2025
Farmington resident Ismael Ahmed had an idea 35 years ago: bring people of all races, ethnicities and ages together to talk, bond and realize that differences can be celebrated while recognizing shared similarities. The goal was to build cultural...
Here’s what triggered latest deadly violence in Syria, why it matters
The Siasat Daily
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July 16, 2025
Beirut: Clashes between government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have drawn intervention by Israel and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country’s fragile postwar order. Syria is deeply divided as it tries to emerge...
Iran seizes foreign tanker suspected of smuggling oil in Gulf of Oman
The National News
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A foreign tanker suspected of smuggling two million litres of fuel has been seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted the chief justice of Iran's Hormozgan province as saying...