Wheat and Olive Oil Production Down by a Quarter

Syria’s wheat and olive crops, among the most important in the country, have fallen by around a quarter this year. Wheat procurement from local farmers in government and AANES areas in the current 2023/2024 season stood at 1.42 million tonnes, a 29 percent decline compared to the 2 million tonnes bought the previous season. Syria’s olive oil production in the 2023/2024 season is estimated at 95,000 tonnes, a 24 percent decrease from the 125,000 olive oil tonnes produced in the 2022/2023 season.