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The Food Chain Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water By ANDREW MARTIN CAIRO — Global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, as they are forced to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water.

Jijiga(Kilil5)---Kadib shirkii ay xukuumada deegaanku u qabatay ganacsatada deegaanka gaar ahaan Qandaraaslayaasha ayaa xukuumadu ay natiijo kasoosaartay. Warqad kasoo baxday Xafiiska Ganacsiga , gaadiidka iyo warshadaha ayaa lagu qeexay 34 Qandaraasle oo lagala noqday fasixii ama Ogolaashihii ganacsigooda. Shirkadahan Liisamada lagala noqday oo ay kamid yihiin shirkado waawayn oo magac iyo hantiba deegaanka kulahaa ayaa sabab looga dhigay kansalida liisankooda, Musuqmaasuq, Tayo xumo dhismayaashii ay lacagahaa waawayn ee dawlada ay ku qaateen sida Iskuulaadka, goobaha Caafimaad, IWM. Qaar ayaa iyaga looka kansalay lisamadoodii o aanay cusboonaysiin sanadadii lasoo dhaafay iyadoo ay waajib ahayd in ay cusboonaysiistaan sanadkasta, Qaarkale ayaa iyaga lala xidhiidhiyay arimo nabadgalyo. Inkastoo ay ku jiraan shirkadahan liisanka lagala noqday qaar lagu eedeeyay inay taageero siiyaan jabhada nabadiidka ah ayaa hadana waxaan laga lagu soo darin qaar aad loofilaayay in lagala noqondoono ogolaashaha wakhtigii uu shirku socdayna loogu hanjabay in waliba xabsi loogu daridoono loona horkeeni doono cadaalada.

ADDIS ABABA, July 9 (Reuters) - Land-locked Ethiopia sent its top trade official to Djibouti on Wednesday after the Red Sea state said it would introduce a new tariff on port services.

The region’s Big Men, who gathered in Kigali last week for the first East African Investment Conference, said many things about what it will take to make ours one big, happy, rich common market.

The opening of Jijiga international Airport yesterday was a milestone for the Somali Regional State. As one of the biggest projects ever undertaken in the Somali region and now, one of the largest Airports in the country, the Jijiga international Airport is expected to open the Somali regional State to the outside world and contribute significantly to the Somali regions short and long term economic vitality. The region which lacks any significant or major projects which normally attract business enterprises is counting on this airport to open up new economic opportunities or at least attract the curiosity of a few adventurous entrepreneurs or business that are willing to relocate into the hot spots of the world which this region qualifies with its history of instability and neglect.

Africa's cocoa makes the world's chocolate, its fish, fruit and vegetables reach tables around the globe and its oil powers vehicles and factories from China to the United States.

African Farmers, U.S. Companies Try to Create Another Breadbasket With Hybrids By ROGER THUROW May 27, 2008; Page A14 ARSI NEGELE, Ethiopia -- Babou Galgo, a 61-year-old farmer, proudly showed off his prized harvest from last season: two shiny gold medals from the regional and federal government and a slick certificate praising his "outstanding performance in increasing agriculture production and productivity."

By Bernadette Redfern MEED April 5, 2008 Dubai-based real estate firm Middle East Developments is seeking US and European investors for a string of cities across the Middle East and Africa.