While this is up 34pc on last year’s disaster, it is still 25pc below the five-year average production of 4.83Mt. This year’s barley harvest in Morocco is expected to total 1.121Mt, a 60pc improvement on the 2022 harvest but still 31pc below the five-year average. AlgeriaAlgeria’s winter crop production outlook was already poor entering the northern hemisphere spring, and the worsening drought conditions through March and April have shattered this season’s production outlook. A dramatically lower yield of 1.62t/ha is the main contributor, 33pc lower than last harvest and down 19pc compared to the five-year average. Dietary staples, resources, pressuredThe dramatically lower production does not augur well for the price of dietary staples like bread.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 30, 2023 04:34 UTC