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TUNISIA – The olive industry in Tunisia, the world’s leading exporter of olive oil outside the EU, is expected to earn up to 3 billion dinars (US$957 million) from its olive oil shipments in 2022/2023. Hamed Daly Hassen, general director of the National Oil Office (ONH) revealed the forecast while speaking to the media Mosaïque FM as cited by Ecofin…
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TUNISIA – The Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries has unveiled a new development strategy that aims to increase the area devoted to cereal growing to 1.2 million hectares by 2035 against an average area of less than 900,000 hectares currently. In detail, the ministry noted that wheat should occupy an area of 650,000 hectares, including 500,000 hectares for…
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TUNISIA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Tunisia have signed a loan agreement worth US$87.1 million (TND 267.56 million) to finance the Inclusive and Sustainable Development Support Programme for the Grain Sector (PADIFIC) aimed at increasing the country’s strategic grain storage capacity. Economy and Planning Minister Samir Saied and AfDB Deputy Director General for North Africa Region Malinne Blomberg…
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TUNISIA – One of the countries in North Africa, Tunisia, is planning to invest 13 million dinars (US$4.3 million) to implement a project aimed at increasing its cereal storage capacity in the city of Bizerte. The planned investment by the country’s Cereals Office (OC) was revealed by Abdelmonem Belati Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, on July 14th. Tunisia…
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TUNISIA –Tunisia Cereals Office (OC) seeks 70,000 tonnes of cereal seeds for the next 2024/2025 campaign after the previous campaign was undermined by a catastrophic drought. The move follows that, currently, the cereal sectors in Tunisia are going through a bad patch caused by severe a drought that has hit the country coupled with the rise in input prices which…
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TUNISIA – The European Union (EU) has set up a support fund of 18 million euros (US$19.5 million) intended to boost cereal production in Tunisia. According to the EU, the grant is envisioned to help small farmers mitigate cereal production costs and improve their resilience to climate change which has adversely affected the sector’s production prospects. This follows that in…
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TUNISIA – Tunisia’s grain harvest is projected to decline to 200,000-250,000 tonnes from 750,000 tonnes last year owing to the severe drought that has hit the country, farmers union official Mohamed Rjaibia has revealed. Speaking to Reuters, Mohamed, who termed the situation “disastrous” disclosed that the expected decline in the grain crop would deepen Tunisia’s financial difficulties as it tries…
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TUNISIA – Tunisia is planning to increase the cultivated area of rapeseed to 140,000 hectares from the current 15,000 hectares over the next 7 years to boost local supply. The ambitious rapeseed development strategy is being spearheaded by the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP) in partnership with Carthage Grains. Tunisia is the largest producer of olive oil outside…
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TUNISIA – Tunisia is staring at a looming shortage of its most loved food commodity, bread, following a strike by a majority of its bakeries over unpaid subsidy funds The 3,100 bakeries representing 90 percent of the country’s state-subsidized bread makers closed their doors on Wednesday 7, demanding the payment of over $80 million in subsidy funds In Tunisia, bread…
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