The Italian Development Cooperation will contribute more than EUR 4.55 mn to two United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) projects in Egypt and Iraq, with the Egypt project focusing on the tomato market, according to a UNIDO statement. An undisclosed amount will support UNIDO’s program in Egypt to support the tomato supply chain Egypt is the world’s fifth-largest producer of fresh tomatoes, yielding about 8 mn tonnes per year, of which only 3-4% is processed.

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