FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - JORDAN (6 November)
Sowing of the 2001 wheat and barley crops, for harvest in May/June next year, is underway. Two consecutive years of severe drought have seriously damaged cereal and horticultural crops. In 2000, aggregate output of wheat and barley, estimated at 42 000 tonnes, was more than double last year’s output, but still about 58 percent below average. The livestock sector was also affected and many sheep farms were seriously affected.
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