JORDAN (2 October)
Sowing of the 2006 wheat and barley crops, for harvest in May/June next year, is about to start. In 2005, aggregate output of wheat and barley, estimated at 75 000 tonnes, was more than double the drought reduced crop in 2004. Imports of cereals in 2005/06 (July/June) are forecast at some 1.9 million tonnes, about 7 percent higher than last year.