Day: July 14, 2017

Spread by insects, the European Union considers Xylella fastidiosa to be“one of the most dangerous plant bacteria worldwide, causing a variety of diseases, with huge economic impact for agriculture.” The EU is the world’s largest producer of olive oil, accounting for 73% of global production. Spain produces 56% of the world’s olive oil supply. The next four top-producing countries — Italy, Greece, Tunisia and Morocco — together produce just half of Spain’s annual volume, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. U.S. olive oil accounts for just 0.6% of Spain’s olive oil production. At the moment,…

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) and Tunisia have signed an agreement for the development of e-commerce in the country under the Ecom@Africa project initiative. In a statement issued yesterday (13 July), the UPU said: “The cooperation agreement formalizes commitment to implement the Ecom@Africa Tunisian platform. Experts from the UPU and Tunisia have for the past months been setting up suitable technical and operational structures that will enable the roll out of the project. ” The UPU launched the Ecom@Africa initiative to assist African countries develop and facilitate online trade using the postal network. The…

Spanish engineering company “Typsa” will manage in consortium with another two companies the construction of six desalination plants in the Tunisian Sahara, Spanish site “The Diploma” reported, quoting information provided by the company on Monday (July 10). The information has also been officially confirmed by the management of SONEDE in Tunis. According to the same information we have, the contract, worth € 2.6 million, will last five years.  According to our sources, “Typsa will develop construction projects for the treatment plants, the selection of construction companies and the supervision of…