East Africa faces the prospect of higher wheat prices in 2025 due to a projected poor crop in Russia, the region's primary supplier.
East Africa faces the prospect of higher wheat prices in 2025 due to a projected poor crop in Russia, the region's primary supplier.
"We are closely monitoring the situation with the winter crops. It appears to be extremely difficult, potentially turning into some kind of dramatic scenario," said Dmitry Rylko, head of the IKAR consultancy, during an agricultural investors conference. "There will be problems with the wheat harvest next year. The situation is critical, with everything planted in dry soil. We have planted less than last year, and many others have done the same," Yershov is quoted by Reuters.
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