December 6, 2023
THE Iloilo Grain Complex Corp. (IGCC) said that the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) should blame itself for the delay in the construction of its proposed 138-kiloVolt (kV) Panay-Guimaras Interconnection Project. IGCC spokesman Toby Tañada said that blaming the restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court for the snag in NGCP’s transmission
READ MOREUkraine needs more air defenses to protect its grain export routes as well as regions bordering Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, as he addressed an international summit on food security in Kyiv. “There is a deficit of air defense – that is no secret,” Zelenskyy told the Grain from Ukraine summit, which was
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Because of Russian bombings, Ukrainians now export their massive grain stocks on land. This has created one of the biggest bottlenecks the Black Sea Region has seen. ADVERTISEMENT Driving through Moldova in late summer, you can see bright yellow sunflower fields all across the country. It’s not just a pretty sight, because in this agricultural
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PARIS: Most gardeners know that earthworms help keep soils healthy, now scientists have assessed just how important their underground activities are to global food production — and how to protect them. In a research published on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), scientists found that earthworms may be to thank for more than 6 percent of global
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The importance of the deal: The Black Sea Grain Initiative was implemented in July 2022 to allow the export of Ukrainian agricultural produce via Black Sea ports despite the war. Since then, the Initiative has enabled the shipment of over 30 million tons of crops to world markets—around three-fifths of Ukraine’s total grain exports during
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the country was “deceived” by the EU when it agreed to transport Ukrainian grain through Hungary after shipments across the Black Sea were blocked by the war. Addressing the opening autumn session of Hungary’s parliament, Prime Minister Orban said that Hungary had opened a “solidarity corridor” across its territory to
READ MOREA dispute about whether Ukrainian grain should be allowed to enter the domestic markets of Poland and other European Union countries has pushed the tight relationship between Kyiv and Warsaw to its lowest point since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Polish leaders have compared Ukraine to a drowning person hurting his helper and threatened to
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Receive free Trade disputes updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Trade disputes news every morning. Slovakia has said it will drop a ban on grain imports from Ukraine, bowing to EU demands and agreeing a preliminary deal with Kyiv on a licensing system. The agreement leaves Poland and
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Receive free EU trade updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest EU trade news every morning. Brussels is considering whether to defend Poland, Hungary and Slovakia against a lawsuit filed by Kyiv, after the three countries broke EU rules to ban imports of Ukrainian grain that they said were
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Ukraine took two bold steps toward securing export routes for its vital grain industry on Tuesday, sending a ship loaded with wheat along a new Black Sea route in the face of Russian naval aggression and challenging one of its main allies, Poland, over its opposition to Ukrainian imports. In an initial success, the ship,
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