Algeria turns to sunflower to shore up vegetable oil supply as Tanzania rests its hope on palm oil

ALGERIA – Algeria is planning to plant 45,000 hectares under sunflowers as part of sunflower production campaign aimed at improving local supply and shielding the country from erratic and expensive imports. The initiative was announced by Mohamed Haroun, a member of the Confederation of Algerian Industrialists and Producers (CIPA), ahead of 2023 sunflower production campaign 2023to be launched this month.…

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Algeria opens new registration window for grain and pulses suppliers 

ALGERIA – The Algerian Inter-professional Office of Cereals (OAIC) has launched a public call for  grain and pulse traders to register on its supplier shortlist as part of an expansion of its cereal’s supplier file. The OAIC is a state agency that procures grains on the domestic as well as international markets for sale and distribution in Algeria. The shortlist…

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Russia’s wheat exports to Algeria nearly quadrupled to 1.3 million tonnes in 2022 

RUSSIA- In 2022, Russia exported around 1.3 million tonnes of wheat to Algeria which is four times what Algeria imported from Russia in 2021- the Russian news agency Interfax reported.  Citing data from the export center of the Ministry of Agriculture, Interfax provided that the North African country imported 330,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia in 2021.  According to Eduard…

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Algerian wheat to hit 3.3M tonnes in 2022/23 owing to good conditions

ALGERIA – The Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts wheat production in Algeria to reach 3.3 million metric tonnes in 2022/23 market year due to good climatic conditions. Post officials at FAS Egypt also forecast barley production to amount to 1.17 million MT at 1.2MT per hectare. The figures are in line with the…

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Algeria to import 30% more wheat from France in first half of 2022/2023: FranceAgriMer

ALGERIA- French farm office “FranceAgriMer” has updated its outlook for French soft wheat exports to Algeria,  in the first half of the 2022/2023 commercial campaign by 30% North Africa is the second largest wheat purchasing center after the Middle East where Algeria and Egypt are the main drivers of the demand growth since cereal is their staple food. Besides, Algeria…

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