FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/01 - JORDAN (6 November)
Sowing of the 2002 wheat and barley crops, for harvest in May/June next year, is underway. Three consecutive years of severe drought have seriously damaged cereal and horticultural crops. In 2001, aggregate output of wheat and barley, estimated at 20 000 tonnes, was less than half last year’s below average output. The livestock sector was also affected and many sheep farms were seriously affected.