Moroccan authorities say there will be enough wheat stocks for four months

Wheat in the fields. File photoCAiro, May 19.Morocco has enough wheat stocks to last four months and the authorities are working hard to keep bread prices up, government spokesman Mustafa Baitas said on Thursday. «, Hepress quotes Bytas as saying at the weekly government meeting. According to him, the government will continue to ensure grain purchases in order to maintain stable bread prices, despite the fact that these costs are «very high», especially after the decision of several countries to stop grain exports .Last week, India imposed a ban on wheat exports, citing a «sudden jump in global wheat prices caused by many factors.» After this decision, the price of wheat in Europe jumped to a record $455 per ton. As the official representative of the UN World Food Program Thomson Peary said earlier, the situation in Ukraine could lead to rising food prices and world hunger. He noted that the Black Sea basin is one of the most important regions for the production of grain and agricultural products, Ukraine and Russia account for 30% of world wheat exports, 20% of world corn exports and 76% of sunflower supplies, so any interruption in production or supply could lead to ООН спрогнозировала рост числа людей in a world threatened by hunger