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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Struggles to Grow More Wheat as Ukraine War Bites

A farmer drives a harvester through a wheat field in the Cebalet Ben Ammar region, north of the capital Tunis FETHI BELAID AFP

Tunisian farmer Mondher Mathali surveys a sea of swaying golden wheat and revs his combine harvester, a rumbling beast from 1976 which he fears could break down at any moment.

Since the Ukraine war sent global cereal prices soaring, import-dependent Tunisia has announced a push to grow all its own durum wheat, the basis for local staples like couscous and pasta.

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