Drought prompts Morocco to increase wheat imports to 10 million tons

Published 2024년 4월 7일

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Facing its worst drought since 1981, Morocco plans to import an 'exceptional' volume of approximately 10 million tons of grain during the current agricultural season to mitigate a significant shortfall in domestic production, expected to not exceed 2.5 million tons. This import volume, which includes essential grains such as durum and common wheat, corn, and barley, represents a 12% increase from the previous period. The move aims to address the reduced domestic output in a country with a population of 33.8 million and an annual per capita wheat consumption of 200 kilograms, where the average grain imports over the past decade have been around 7 million tons.

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Morocco intends to import about 10 million tons of grain during the current agricultural season, to compensate for the shortfall in national production, which is expected to not exceed 2.5 million tons due to drought. The Spanish website Agro Popular, which specializes in agriculture, explained that the amount of grain imported. They include durum and common wheat, corn and barley, and are considered “exceptional” given that the country’s production this year is unprecedentedly low since 1981. If these forecasts are approved, imports will increase by 12% compared to the previous period. The source pointed out that the average grain imports to Morocco in the past decade amounted to 7 million tons, in a country with a population of 33.8 million people, according to the last census of 2014, where each individual consumes 200 kilograms of wheat annually. Morocco intends to import about 10 million tons of grain during the current agricultural season, to compensate for the shortfall in ...

Source: Kech24.ua