{"id":76348,"date":"2024-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=e8438004aecd0a2d541e1eda9000f5f7"},"modified":"2024-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:00:00","slug":"beja-recent-rains-benefit-almost-30-of-cereal-areas-agricultural-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/beja-recent-rains-benefit-almost-30-of-cereal-areas-agricultural-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Beja: Recent rains benefit almost 30% of cereal areas (Agricultural officials)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nBEJA: The large amounts of rainfall recorded in the last 72 hours in the governorate of Beja are likely to improve the situation of almost 30% of the sown cereal areas, regional agricultural sources told TAP.<\/p>\n
According to the same sources, the rains will also help to maintain the good condition of 35% of the cereal area.<\/p>\n
However, Chokri Djebbi, president of the Regional Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (URAP) in Beja, stressed that the recent rains would have no effect on the 35% of sown cereal areas already affected by the lack of rain since the beginning of March.<\/p>\n
Significant amounts of rain have been recorded in the region over the last 24 hours, including 16 mm in the Nefza delegation, 9 mm in Amdoun, 6 mm at the Kasseb dam and in Beja (weather station), 7 mm in Thibar and 4 mm in Goubellat.<\/p>\n
Professional organisations and agricultural management structures estimate that grain production in the governorate of Beja will increase in the 2023-2024 agricultural season compared with the previous season.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that the area sown with cereals during the current agricultural season in the governorate of Beja reached 151 thousand hectares, including 7100 hectares under irrigation.<\/p>\n
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEJA: The large amounts of rainfall recorded in the last 72 hours in the governorate of Beja are likely to improve the situation of almost 30% of the sown cereal areas, regional agricultural sources told TAP.<\/p>\n
According to the same sources, the rains …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n