Drought threatens Morocco's bread basket economy: World Bank - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jack Dutton

Jun 1, 2023

Wheat in Morocco — People harvest wheat in this undated image from Morocco. — Getty Images

Workers harvest barley in Amman June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN AGRICULTURE) - RTR24CJO

Wheat subsidies in Jordan may be too little too late

José Ciro Martínez

A man carrying bags of bread walks as a patrol of US military vehicles is seen in the town of Tal Tamr in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province along the border with Turkey on Feb. 8, 2020.

Bread crisis looms in Syria amid low wheat production

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

A Tunisian shepherd herds his sheep near the dry reservoir bed of El-Haouareb dam, located near Kairouan, some 100 miles south of Tunis, Tunisia, July 13, 2017.

Tunisia faces water cuts amid severe drought, public frustration

Alessandra Bajec

Alessandra Bajec

Changing climate conditions and the need to secure water resources has led Morocco to add another 18 dams to its current network of 152, which includes the Abdelmoumen dam, some 37 miles from the coastal city of Agadir, shown here, October 23, 2020.

Drought puts Morocco’s water infrastructure projects into overdrive

Francisco Serrano

Francisco Serrano

In Lisbon, reporting on North Africa business