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(ANSAmed) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 3 - For the first time, Algeria is examining the possibility of giving licences to foreign companies for the large-scale farming of corn. This is according to Mohammed Elewee, chair of the Federation of Algerian Farmers, who was quoted by the Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper.

Without giving any names, Elewee said that he had received requests from companies in France, Italy, Canada and other Arab countries. Corn farming is on a small scale in Algeria and is limited to small owners who sell the product directly, often on the side of the road. (ANSAmed).