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Beginning in mid-August, the government of New Zealand will require all non-organic bread-making wheat flour, produced or sold in New Zealand, to be fortified with folic acid, a B vitamin essential for the healthy development of babies early in pregnancy. 

The region was one of the five regions of Ukraine in terms of agricultural land. This was stated by Pavlo Koval, general director of the Ukrainian agrarian confederation, at a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine – Odesa.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the procedure for providing guarantees of compensation for damages caused to charters, operators, and/or owners of sea vessels and inland navigation vessels as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. This applies to vessels flying Ukrainian and foreign flags.

The relevant resolution was adopted at today's Government Meeting.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 124.3 points in May 2023, down 3.4 points (2.6 percent) from April and as much as 35.4 points (22.1 percent) from the all-time high it reached in March 2022. The decline in May was underpinned by significant drops in the price indices for vegetable oils, cereals and dairy, which were partly counterbalanced by increases in the sugar and meat indices.