Production begins at Kufra Grain Mill – part of wider effort by NDA to reduce food imports and improve food security
Apr 7 Sami Zaptia

Production begins at Kufra Grain Mill – part of wider effort by NDA to reduce food imports and improve food security

Actual production has begun at the grain mill belonging to the Kufra Production Project, the eastern based branch of the Libyan official state new...

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U.S. company Farm Tech meets NDA in Benghazi to discuss 1,000 pivot irrigation project to bolster Libya’s food security
Dec 14 Sami Zaptia

U.S. company Farm Tech meets NDA in Benghazi to discuss 1,000 pivot irrigation project to bolster Libya’s food security

Libya’s eastern-based National Development Agency (NDA) reported yesterday that its Director General received a delegation from US company Farm Tech a...

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‘‘U.S. experts’’ visit Sirte’s single pivot agricultural irrigation circles – 87 irrigation circles will be restarted in 2025
Mar 26 Sami Zaptia

‘‘U.S. experts’’ visit Sirte’s single pivot agricultural irrigation circles – 87 irrigation circles will be restarted in 2025

The National Development Agency (based in eastern Libya) announced Sunday that it is currently initiating the re-operation and investment of the singl...

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Union of Chambers and Agricultural Investment Authority develop strategy for agricultural investment
Dec 7 Sami Zaptia

Union of Chambers and Agricultural Investment Authority develop strategy for agricultural investment

The President of the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Mohamed Al-Raied, held a meeting Sunday with the President of th...

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Agricultural Ministry signs MoU with AOAD to developed improved seed production
Sep 4 Sami Zaptia

Agricultural Ministry signs MoU with AOAD to developed improved seed production

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock reported last Wednesday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Arab Organization for Agri...

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Misrata dates, honey, olive oil and food industries exhibition opened from 1 to 6 March
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

Misrata dates, honey, olive oil and food industries exhibition opened from 1 to 6 March

The Misrata ‘‘Ramadan Bounties’’ dates, honey, olive oil and food industries exhibition opened yesterday until 6 March, in the presence of members of...

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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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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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Dimitra drone app and platform to help Libyan farmers become better agriculturalists
Oct 14 Sami Zaptia

Dimitra drone app and platform to help Libyan farmers become better agriculturalists

Agricultural drones using the Dimitra Connected Farmer App and Dimitra Livestock Guru Platform can provide advanced capabilities and drone data insigh...

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US-based pest control company Orkin participates in Libya Food and Tripoli Agricultural Exhibition
Mar 30 Sami Zaptia

US-based pest control company Orkin participates in Libya Food and Tripoli Agricultural Exhibition

Orkin Libya, the Libyan franchise for the US-based pest control company, participated in both the Libya Food event (March 13-16) and the Agriculture E...

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