Food security: Libyan experts stress the importance of growing wheat locally
Feb 27 Sami Zaptia

Food security: Libyan experts stress the importance of growing wheat locally

Following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022, the Ministry of Economy called on largescale grain farmers, mill owners and general...

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Food Security: First meeting of Advisory Committee of the Grain Bureau
Feb 23 Sami Zaptia

Food Security: First meeting of Advisory Committee of the Grain Bureau

Chaired by Mohamed Hwej, the Minister of Economy and Trade, the Advisory Committee of the Libyan Grain Bureau held its first meeting on Wednesday in t...

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Supplies of basic commodities plentiful for Ramadan: Economy Ministry
Feb 23 Sami Zaptia

Supplies of basic commodities plentiful for Ramadan: Economy Ministry

The Ministry of Economy and Trade said that there were large quantities in the market of various basic goods to meet the needs of consumers for the co...

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170 exhibitors, including 11 foreign participants expected at the Libya Food 2023 Expo
Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

170 exhibitors, including 11 foreign participants expected at the Libya Food 2023 Expo

Organisers of the fourth Libya Food Exhibition 2023 say 170 local and foreign companies are expected at the show.Eleven foreign participants are expec...

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Zliten Food Fair opens with aim of developing local private sector, PPP and attaining food security
Feb 2 Sami Zaptia

Zliten Food Fair opens with aim of developing local private sector, PPP and attaining food security

The Second Zliten Food Fair opened in the city of Zliten yesterday (1 to 4 February) with the aim of helping develop the local private sector, PPP and...

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Developing a strategic plan for national food security is government’s primary goal in 2023
Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

Developing a strategic plan for national food security is government’s primary goal in 2023

Developing a strategic plan for national food security is a primary goal for his ministry in 2023, Ministry of Economy and Trade Mohamed Hwej said Tue...

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Benghazi’s Man-Made River Investment arm receives New Holland harvester
Nov 21 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi’s Man-Made River Investment arm receives New Holland harvester

The Man-Made River Water Investment Authority Benghazi branch received a modern American mechanized New Holland Harvester Monday supplied by Al-Fath C...

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Food security: Libya happy to allow the re-export of imported goods
Oct 2 Sami Zaptia

Food security: Libya happy to allow the re-export of imported goods

Libyan authorities are happy to allow imported goods to be re-exported from its market. The revelation was announced last Thursday by the Customs Auth...

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Misrata Free Zone grain silos receive first maintenance since construction in mid-seventies
Sep 25 Sami Zaptia

Misrata Free Zone grain silos receive first maintenance since construction in mid-seventies

Misrata Free Zone reported yesterday that work is continuing on the maintenance of the concrete structure of the grain silos and the service buildings...

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Minister of Economy and Trade discusses establishment of Libyan Grain Bureau 
Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

Minister of Economy and Trade discusses establishment of Libyan Grain Bureau 

The Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Hwej, held a meeting at the Ministry’s Tripoli headquarters last Tuesday to discuss the mechanism for imple...

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