International shipments of Tunisian dates reached 135,500 metric tons in the first nine months of the current harvest season. The European Union remained the largest export market.
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The Seventh Political Consultations Meeting between the two countries also included exchanges on cooperation, investment and agriculture.
The country has signed agreements with the OPEC Fund for two projects: one aimed at protecting the most vulnerable groups in the country, and another focused on climate-resilient infrastructure, food security, and the rural value chain.
The expansion refers to the first three months of 2026. Compared to the same period a year earlier, the economy grew 1.8%, according to the government statistics agency.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited the plant, which received USD 20 million in investments. The facility has the capacity to produce 1,300 metric tons of urea per day, equivalent to 5% of national demand.
Bahrain’s Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture allocated 12 plots to farmers in Buri as part of a strategy to boost the country’s food security.
A farmer drives a tractor in the Marajah village of the Mishkhab District north of Iraq’s central city of Najaf. In Najaf, desert farming has expanded significantly, with local agriculture authorities stating that crop yields have been boosted by new irrigation methods and increased rainfall this winter. ©Ahmad Al Rubaye/AFP
Measures by the Agricultural Bank of Sudan focus on boosting farm output, expanding infrastructure, and improving its legal framework.
Brazilian companies will attend SIAM through an initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between April 20 and 28. Registration is still open.
The Syrian government and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization have resumed work on an irrigation system in the Al-Ghab plain that benefits 19,000 hectares of farmland.
Foreign investment grew 30.3% over 2024, surpassing the target for the period. France was the top investor in Tunisia.
Bovine heparin is used in clinical therapies. Approval for sales to the Gulf country was announced by Brazil’s agriculture and foreign affairs ministries.
Ministry outlines priorities to develop the sector, seen as key to achieving economic stability and food security.
A meeting between Ministry of Agriculture officials and the bank began discussing plans to revive sectors such as pistachio and olive production, as well as livestock.

