FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - MOROCCO (7 November)
Land preparation has started in farming areas for the 2000/01 winter crops. Cereal production in 2000 stands at about 2 million tonnes, 53 percent of last year's below-average crop, as a result of adverse weather conditions during the growing season. Wheat production is estimated at about 1.35 million tonnes, which is below average and some 37 percent down on the 1999 output. Production of coarse grains, at 639 000 tonnes, is 62 percent below the 1999 level.
Imports of wheat in 2000/01 (July/June) are forecast at 2.8 million tonnes while coarse grain imports are at 2.1 million tonnes.
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