Morocco is set to lose 53 percent of its yearly grain production due to exceptional drought, agriculture minister Mohamed Sadiki warned parliament last week. The kingdom experienced its worst drought in four decades this year. By end of March, reservoirs had received just 11 percent of what they would in an average year. Agricultural production has been severely affected as over 90 percent of crops are rain-fed. More than half of the cereal production could be lost, one year after a record-high production of 10.3 million tons. This massive crop failure will push Morocco to increase grain imports this year to cover domestic needs, despite the rising price of wheat and
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