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COUNTRY FOCUS

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2017-18*

Contact Jeff Gwirtz
22
5000
Clinton Parkway #1308, Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone: 1-785-341-2371 E-mail: jeff@jagsi.com

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JAG Services Inc.

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1,000

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* Grain and Grain Product Quality
* Blending, Cleaning and
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* Troubleshooting and Skill
Development
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Maintenance
* Experimental Design, Execution,
Analysis and Reporting
* Process Flow Audit
* Process and Product
Development
* Market/Business Analysis

1,500

2013-14

Providing
On-Site Training,
Technical
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Management
and Technical
Program
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for grain based
food and feed
manufacturing
including allied
industries for:

2,000

2012-13

JAG Services, Inc.
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(in 1,000 tonnes)

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Libya wheat imports

2010-11

continues to halt economic recovery and deteriorate food security prospects.
"Security-related uncertainties disrupted procurement and
distribution systems, resulting in income losses for farmers
unable to market their production and leading to food shortages in urban areas," the FAO said in a Global Information
and Early Warning System Country Brief.
"Refugees, asylum seekers and internally-displaced are
among the most vulnerable," the FAO said. "Food shortages
have been reported mostly in the south and east, where basic
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Written ahead of the start of planning of winter grains in
October, the report said conditions were favorable.
"Cereals are mostly cultivated in the coastal regions, where
rainfed production or cropping with supplementary irrigation
is possible, and in the arid south under full irrigation," the
FAO said. "Wheat is used exclusively for human consumption, while all the other cereals are used as animal feed.
"The country relies heavily on imports (up to 90%) for its
cereal consumption requirements, mostly wheat and barley.
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affected by the crisis following the disruption of basic social
services and the Public Distribution System."
The FAO said Libya's economy is highly dependent on oil,
which accounts for more than 80% of state revenue.
"Domestic oil production has recovered faster than expected
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barrels per day due to clashes between groups in the oil-producing regions to gain permanent control of key facilities."
After a contraction in the Gross Domestic Production
(GDP) in 2011 by almost 60% due to the fall in oil production, the economy grew by over 92% in 2012 (year-on-year),
the FAO said.
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organization that aims to inform humanitarian action, in partnership with the Libya Cash & Markets Working Group (CMWG),
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still partly subsidized by the local government)."
The jam'iyat are a network of consumer associations.
"Across the country, there are 57 mills out of which 20
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said. "Out of the 20 mills that have remained operational, 7
are large-scale factories, while the rest are small processors.
There are only 3 mills located in the south."
The production capacity of these mills varies from 70 to
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