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Agriculture remains a priority sector for the Government of Algeria in its efforts to diversify the economy and attract foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector.

The Republic of Turkey has a young population of 82 million people fueling consumption.

In Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20, Turkish lemon production, especially the interdonat variety, is expected to be negatively affected by unstable weather conditions last spring and fall.

The Turkish cotton crop for MY 2019/20 is now estimated at 590,000 hectares and 800,000 MT (3.6 million bales).

Marketing Year 2019/20 is forecast to be a better year for fresh deciduous fruits in general with pear and table grape production increasing, while apple production remains stable.

he Government of Algeria’s strategy to improve domestic production to reduce imports of dairy products remains.

Turkey’s sugar beet production is forecast at 20.5 MMT in MY 2019/20 and is expected to result in 2.7 MMT sugar.

Turkey has removed most of the technical barriers on importation of genetic materials for animal breeding.

It is "off-year" for pistachios in Turkey therefore low amount of pistachio production is expected.

Tourism continued to recover in 2018 from the low hit in 2016 when domestic and geopolitical security issues nearly halted tourism.

Turkey’s Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 sunflowerseed area and production is estimated at 730,000 hectares (Ha) and 1.66 million metric tons (MMT), of which 1.5 MMT is for use as oilseeds.

Algeria’s MY2019/20 cereal harvest was good particularly for barley and exceeded 6 million MT.