FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/98 - MOROCCO (25 November)
Land preparation for winter crops is underway. Wheat output in 1998 is estimated to have increased to 4.4 million tonnes, about 90 percent higher than the 1997 harvest, as a result of favourable weather. The output of barley, estimated at 2 million tonnes, is about 49 percent higher than last year. Imports of wheat in 1998/99 (July/June) are forecast at 2 million tonnes, some 20 percent lower than last year.
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