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Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Regional Analysis

Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS The Tunisian government will be using drones this year to assess the grain crops as well as to try and identify those who have been setting fire to the wheat crops in parts of the country. However, some locals say only very high temperatures and dry conditions are causing the fires. Also in Tunisia, there has been a significant jump in the total cost of imports with increases of 52 percent for wheat, 87 percent for barley and 33 percent for maize. However, the numbers reported by the government only reflect currency cost, so it is not possible to know the actual tonnage import increase. Overall food imports are up 16 percent in total cost. The Kurdish-controlled area of Syria is stoppi...

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