FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - ALGERIA (3 September)
The output of the 1998 cereal crop, recently harvested, is estimated at 3 million tonnes, more than double last year’s poor harvest, due mainly to favourable weather. Output of wheat is estimated to have increased by 1.2 million tonnes to 2 million tonnes, whilst production of barley more than tripled to 1 million tonnes. Isolated adult locusts could be present near the Hoggar Mountains and near Mali and Niger. Small scale breeding may occur in areas of recent rainfall. Cereal imports in 1998/99 (July/June) are forecast at about 5.6 million tonnes.
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