Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared, Tuesday, September 17, 2024, that his country plans to achieve โfull self-sufficiency in durum wheat productionโ by the end of 2025. Total self-sufficiency is now within reach. main, Algeria produces 80% of the national needs in durum wheat.
Algeria is considered a major buyer of European wheat, particularly French. However, the presence of Russian cereals has increased significantly in the Algerian market in recent years.
Previously, the Algerian president had ordered to set a strategic objective aimed at expanding the cultivated areas in the Great South to 500,000 hectares. Particularly with the investment of the State of Qatar of 117,000 hectares, of Italy of 36,000 hectares, in addition to national investments of 120,000 hectares.
He also stressed that total self-sufficiency is within reach, with the country producing 80% of its needs in durum wheat. While considering that it is a tradition of Algerian production and consumption and that it is a product of small quantities on the world market compared to soft wheat.