"Moroccan government's decision to limit tomato exports backfires"
The cold snap that Morocco experienced in January and February has put tomato plants in a state of vegetative zero. Volumes dropped from 2000 to only 250-300 kg/ha/day. In the aftermath, the Moroccan government implemented quotas on tomato exports on February 19 in an effort to boost local supply and lower prices before the fasting month of Ramadan.
Producers, who had already
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