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TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia raised the purchase price of durum wheat from local farmers, the agriculture minister Abdelmonem Belati said on Friday, amid expectations of a disastrous grain season due to severe drought. | 10:55am
Tunisia raised the purchase price of durum wheat from local farmers, the agriculture minister Abdelmonem Belati said on Friday, amid expectations of a disastrous grain season due to severe drought.
Risk of unrest rises amid fourth dry year, poor grain harvest, weak economy and likely food subsidy cuts
Water is being cut for seven hours every night in response to the worst drought on record.
The water will be cut off daily from 9 p.m. until 4 a.m., with immediate effect, state water distribution company SONEDE said in a statement on Friday.