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After reaching a six-year high last year, global wheat flour trade is forecast to decline by 6% in the 2024-25 trading season, to 15.9 million tonnes, according to the International Grains Council (IGC). Global trade reached 17 million tonnes in 2023-24. The IGC lowered its projection by 200,000 tonnes (wheat equivalent) from its July estimate.

Afghanistan harvested 4.83 million tons of wheat this year, representing a 10 percent increase from the previous year, according to a statement from the Taliban-run National Statistics and Information Authority. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had previously estimated Afghanistan’s 2023 wheat harvest at 4.3 million tons. FAO data also showed an average

By the end of October 2024, Afghanistan's wheat production was 4.83 million metric tons, up 10% year-on-year, the National Authority for Statistics and Information of the Islamic Emirate reported, RIA Novosti reported. This growth comes amid a serious humanitarian crisis affecting more than 23 million Afghans who continue to suffer from poverty and food insecurity. Remote sensing technologies and satellite imagery were used to estimate the area under cultivation in the solar year 1403 (which began on March 21, 2024), the agency reported. The total area under wheat cultivation in the country was 12.2 million hectares, accounting for about 70% of Afghanistan's total agricultural land. According to the agency, over the past year, the area of irrigated land has increased by 2.8%, while the area under rainfed farming has increased by 8.2%. The main reasons for this growth were timely seasonal changes.