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ANBA Bulletin, September 8, 2020 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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This Tuesday (8) in your ANBA Bulletin: the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) developed a carbon-free meat seal in partnership with meat packer Marfrig. Producers are required to counteract methane emissions from cattle by raising them among trees. Marfrig retains exclusive rights to the label for a ten-year perriod.
Global sales of comfortable footwear such as flip-flops and toe-thong sandals have fared better than those of other footwear amid the pandemic. Brazilian Footwear Industry Association (Abicalçados) numbers show that flip-flop sales decreased by less than total sales.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is hosting a webinar next Wednesday (9) on the agricultural connection between Morocco and Brazil. The Arab country suppliers fertilizer to the world, while Brazil is a supplier of foodstuffs. Registration is open.
And additional donations have been shipped from Brazil to Lebanon. The items were collected by the Lebanon Humanitarian Aid Movement. Businesses and Brazil's federal government are also helping enable the provision of aid.
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Even though footwear sales took a bad hit from the Covid-19 pandemic, but sales of stay-at-home shoes including flip-flops and toe-thong sandals, weren’t as badly impacted. Wrought by self-isolation, this market trend wasn’t exclusive to Brazil, and it was reflected in Brazilian footwear exports.
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Brazil is the first country in the world to have a Carbon-Neutral Meat (CCN, in the Portuguese acronym) seal. A protocol to offset methane emissions was developed based on research underway since 2012 by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), in partnership with meat packer Marfrig,
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The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) is hosting the webinar “Morocco and Brazil: Agribusiness Connecting Continents,” on Wednesday (9) featuring specialists from both countries. Registration is open, free of charge, and simultaneous translation into Portuguese and English will be available.
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Consolidating legal and security cooperation between Morocco and Brazil was discussed earlier this week by Brazilian Minister of Justice and Public Security André Mendonça and Moroccan ambassador to Brazil, Nabil Adghoghi. The diplomat was welcomed by the minister on Tuesday (1st) in Brasília (pictured above, with Adghoghi on right).
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For Eric Motjer (pictured below, center), the director of feature documentary Beirut – La Vie en Rose, the interviews with people from Lebanon’s high society give a glimpse into a different image of the country. “Whatever us younger people know about Lebanon, we learn from the media.
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This week saw further donations shipped from Brazil to Lebanon. The Port of Beirut, in the namesake capital, was hit by a major blast on August 4 that claimed 191 lives and left 6,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. The tragedy stirred people into action in Brazil.
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The feature film by Syrian director Soudade Kaadan, ‘The Day I Lost My Shadow,’ mixes fiction with reality, portraying the daily life in Syria in the beginning of the war. For Kaadan, portraying strong female characters was just natural.
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The Institute of Arab Brazilian Culture (Icab) is about to host an online edition of its cultural event Majles. This year will see the event honor the Syrian-Lebanese community in Brazil, from 10am to 6pm on September 12 and 13 on Icab’s social media.
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