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29% decline in the volume of tomatoes produced in the Gafsa region of Tunisia
Tunisia
Tuesday 19 July 2022
FJ
Significant decline for tomato production in the Gafsa region, which reached 53,000 tonnes this year, compared to 75,000 tonnes in 2021 (Photo: plumeseconomiques.com).
The sharp reduction in acreage would be the cause of this decline in tomato production which is affected, according to analyses, by the national strategy which wants to give priority to cereal production.
A Tunisian media reported that tomato production in the Gafsa region reached 53,000 tons this year, compared to 75,000 tons in 2021, according to remarks made by Abdessattar Ghobtane, the regional director of agricultural development (CRDA) of Gafsa. That is a variation of -29% in volume.
The main explanation for this decline in production is the reduction in areas which have gone from 1,200 hectares in recent years to 875 hectares in 2021 then to 600 hectares in 2022. This reduction seems to be the consequence of the national strategy which wants to give priority to grain production.
source : tunisienumerique.com
