Unprecedented drought threatens grain harvest In Tunisia

(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – An unprecedented drought in Tunisia heralds a catastrophic year for the grain harvest . The country is in its fourth year of drought; however, unlike in previous years, the lack of rainfall is also affecting the fertile and cereal-rich northwest of the country. Pictured above, a producer plowing a wheat crop that did not thrive. Tunisia will have a greater dependence on imports in the context of rising prices after the Russian offensive in Ukraine – two key producing countries. Farmer takes cattle to graze in a dry field Of the 600 hectares 65-year-old farmer Tahar Chauachi planted with wheat, barley, and pulses, only 70 will yield grains this summer, and cereals will be destined mainly for animal feed. “We sowed wheat here, but the seeds have just died because it's too dry,” he told AFP while showing his fields in Medjez El Bab, 55 km from Tunis. “Here we say the March rain is pure gold. But it did not rain in March or ...