FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/99 - ALGERIA (2 June) ALGERIA (2 June)

Production of the 1999 winter crops being harvested is estimated at about 4.4 million tonnes, some 44 percent above last year and 86 percent above average. Favourable conditions boosted yields, resulting in a 40 percent increase in wheat output while barley output is forecast to increase by 500 000 tonnes from 1998, to 1.5 million tonnes.

As a consequence of the increase in production, imports of cereals, mostly wheat, are forecast at about 4.9 million tonnes in 1999/2000 (July/June).

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