JORDAN (15 October)
Sowing of the 2005 wheat and barley crops, for harvest in May/June next year, is about to start. A severe drought in 2003/04 has seriously damaged cereal and horticultural crops. In 2004, aggregate output of wheat and barley, estimated at 25 000 tonnes, was more than 50 percent below average. The livestock sector was also affected and many sheep farms were seriously affected.