The Tunisian food trade balance deficit narrowed at the end of June. Export prices were up for olive oil and dates, while import prices were down for wheat and maize.
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According to CONAB’s estimate, products such as maize and wheat could have a record harvest in 2021/2022.
Wheat production has been growing significantly in Brazil in an effort for self-sufficiency and possibly increasing exports. New regions are harvesting the cereal, but the southern states still account for most of the output expansion.
Brazilian agribusiness shipped 1 million tonnes of wheat to Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Sudan, and Egypt from January to April this year. The region accounted for almost half of Brazilian exports of the cereal in the period.
According to the IMF, products such as food have been strongly impacted by inflation in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Former ministers of Agriculture spoke about the impacts of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on Brazilian agribusiness in Terraviva channel’s Agro 360 TV show. Arab Brazilian Chamber president Osmar Chohfi also participated.
The Egyptian government will offer an incentive to local farmers selling wheat to the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.
The Egyptian government issued a resolution suspending sales to the international market of some food products for three months. The purpose is to contain price hikes and ensure supplies during Ramadan.
Syrian state agency receives till next Monday (14) submissions of price offers from parties interested in supplying milling wheat.
In an online event on Thursday (20), Cleber Soares of Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry presented an innovation agenda that is being developed to take the Brazilian agribusiness to new levels of innovation. He said the country can transfer knowledge to African countries such as Sudan.
Wheat exports from Brazil to the Arab bloc fetched USD 26.78 million in the first month of 2021. The product’s consumption in Arab countries is expected to grow by 2.5% a year.
Tropical cultivars have enabled wheat to be farmed in Ceará, Brazil, in spite of dry climate and scant water resources. The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) partnered up with a private company to enable a faster-than-usual harvest with good yields. The experience could be replicated in Arab countries.
Brazil’s Agricultural Research Corporation and the Rio Grande do Sul State Agricultural Cooperatives Federation have been working for four years now to professionalize wheat production intended for export. A type of wheat grown in the state is unappreciated domestically, but it is sought after in other countries.
Government called for the population to consume domestically available products such as hard wheat and authorized the direct sale of flour from the mills to the population.
