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Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Regional Analysis

Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA  Wheat farmers in parts of Pakistan are complaining that government set wheat prices are going to lead to greatly increased smuggling and shortages of wheat supplies in some areas. There is a lot of confusion about prices with areas like Sindh province reporting there are three “official” purchase prices for local wheat: a federal price, a set regional price, and a set provincial price – the range of prices varies by about 20 percent. And then there are the complaints that traders are offering prices for local wheat much below any of the various government ”set” prices.   The Bill and Malinda Gates foundation has invested $10 million in a...

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