Food shortages : A month of Ramadan under high tension
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Mohammad Ben Abderrazek | January 19, 2023 at 10:05 PM
It is expected that during the month of Ramadan 2023, a shortage of potatoes and onions will be recorded, as well as a daily shortage of one million liters of milk according to Anis kharbach the deputy of the president of the Union Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP).
Food crisis
Kharbach said that the national milk production is estimated at 1.2 million liters of milk per day, for consumption currently estimated at 1.8 million liters, which means that the shortage of this basic product is estimated at 600 thousand liters per day while indicating that consumption during Ramadan increases to two million and 200 thousand liters, which means that the lack of production will reach one million liters per day.
The UTAP representative also said that Tunisia has lost about a quarter of its cattle herd, in addition to the absence of official measures to support farmers. Tunisia is experiencing a food crisis, the shortage of available quantities of different basic products oscillating between 30 and 40%, in all countries according to a member of the national federation of wholesale distributors of food products on Ali Fourati.
Ramadan: vertiginous increase in consumption
According to the National Institute of Consumption, the consumption rate among Tunisian households increases by 34% during the month of Ramadan.
Still according to data from the institute, the consumption of certain products has increased by 100%, such as certain varieties of highly prized fish such as the Pataclet whose consumption has increased by 370%, dates with 111% more, tuna with 114% more and 26 eggs consumed per person in Ramadan compared to only 15 in the rest of the year.
Tunisia's average consumption of certain types of bread (Mlawi-Mbasses) increases by 58% during the month of Ramadan, baguettes by 22% against a decline in that of ordinary bread.
The consumption of curdled milk and whey (Raib and Lben) recorded an increase of 400% compared to the other months of the year. That of the variant increases by 670%. Consumption of Malsouka paste represents 80% of annual consumption.
The recurring question of speculation
The Presidency of the Republic announced a few days ago, in a brief press release, without giving clear reasons, the dismissal of the Minister of Trade and Export Development, Fadila Rabihi Ben Hamzah.
On Tuesday, January 17, the Ministry of Trade and Export Development revealed, in a report, the results of the control work during the period from January 1 to January 14, 2023, which resulted in the recording of 3,373 violations. economic.
Within the framework of commodity price control, the economic control services of the Ministry of Trade and Export Development and the security services of various administrations have continued to implement a joint program to combat speculation , 3373 economic offenses were recorded from January 1 to January 14 in progress.
Il est prévu que pendant le mois de Ramadan 2023, une pénurie de pommes de terre et d'oignons sera enregistrée, ainsi qu’une pénurie quotidienne d'un
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