A pilot study found aflatoxin above regulatory limits in 22.6% of rice samples collected in Dakar, Kaolack and Thiès. Senegal’s government rejects claims of generalized contamination, while conflicting reports have identified the tested rice as either imported or locally produced.
South Korean pharmaceutical and biotech companies are expanding obesity-drug development, manufacturing and CDMO activity. They are seeking a position in the roughly 200-trillion-won global GLP-1 treatment opportunity after the commercial success of Mounjaro and Wegovy.
Kazakhstan’s combined grain, pulse and oilseed area reached a record 20.805 million hectares in 2026, up 4.8% year on year. Farmers reduced wheat plantings while sharply expanding oilseed, barley and grain corn acreage in response to stronger margins and demand.
Oishii Farm has started an indoor strawberry plant factory in Hamura, expanding a vertical-farming model first developed in the United States. The company has reduced its retail price from $50 per pack in 2018 to $7.99 and now sells across 18 US states and one Canadian province.
Poland’s state-owned grain trader Elewarr has received an additional PLN 120 million in financing from Krajowa Grupa Spożywcza. The funds will support wheat and rapeseed purchases during the harvest, when storage availability and the pace of grain movements are critical for farmers.
Air-freight services at the Buraidah International Dates Carnival can deliver Saudi dates to more than 70 countries, while road transport reaches the Gulf states. Logistics providers handle more than 600 shipments a day and serve all 13 Saudi regions.
İzmir produced about 870,000 tonnes of industrial tomatoes on 110,000 decares in 2025, ranking third in Turkey. The province is seeking to expand value-added dried-tomato production, which requires 13-14 kilograms of fresh tomatoes for each kilogram of finished product.
Mexico has recovered a larger quota for sugar exports to the United States, doubling the volume available under the previous allocation. El País described the decision as a limited trade victory for Mexican cane growers and mills amid persistent barriers and scrutiny of the USMCA trade relationship.
BGS Alcohols has received a €7.6 million disbursement toward a €34.3 million integrated ethanol plant in Patras. The facility is designed to produce about 75,000 litres of ethyl alcohol per day from mainly corn and, to a lesser extent, wheat.
Brazil shipped 25 tonnes of cocoa beans worth $127,800 to Russia in July 2026, the first delivery on this route in 27 years. The modest trial-sized consignment opens a new sourcing channel as Russia expands exports of chocolate confectionery.
Markets across Sudan's Darfur region are stocked with grain, meat and sugar, but prices have risen beyond what displaced families can pay, according to Al Jazeera Net. The IPC reported on 23 July 2026 that 638,000 people face catastrophic hunger and 8.1 million more are on the edge of famine, while the World Food Programme warns its food stocks could be exhausted by September 2026.
Alcohol sales in Russia’s HoReCa sector, excluding beer and similar drinks, fell 42.4% year on year to 818,300 decalitres in January–June 2026. Wine recorded the steepest decline, while retail alcohol sales remained almost unchanged.
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