Morocco faced a disappointing setback to its recent positive GDP growth, plummeting from 9.3% during Q3 in 2006 to 1.7% in Q3 2007. The High Commissariat for Planning released a report in September noting this decelerating growth rate and stated that a production output drop of 20.9% in agriculture is largely responsible, a situation which arose from failed crop harvests and prolonged drought this summer. A limited supply of exportable agricultural produce (agriculture accounts for 11% of total export value in Morocco) required the country to import commodities it is used to providing in surplus, such as wheat, flour and cereal. Wheat yields for 2006/2007 dropped to 20 million quintals, down from 90 million quintals in the previous season. The national stock of wheat was only sufficient to provide flour for two months, forcing the government to import over 3 million quintals of wheat. This indicator flags the country’s reliance
