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وكالة عمون الاخبارية
Government discloses food stockpile and allocates 105 million for bread prices
The Jordanian government has revealed the extent of its stockpiles of essential food supplies and their adequacy for the coming days. Its stock of sugar amounts to 51.98 tons, sufficient for more than two months; rice totals 54.09 tons, covering over three months; vegetable oils amount to 31.19 tons, enough for two and a half months; chickpeas stand at 7.5 tons, approximately covering nine weeks; lentils number 2.06 tons, sufficient for 23 days; foul (fava beans) reach 3.3 tons, nearly three months’ worth; and dried milk totals 4.17 tons, providing for five months. Additionally, contracts have been made for 719,000 tons of wheat, enough for over eight months, and 642,000 tons of barley, exceeding eight months’ supply. The government has allocated 105 million dinars to maintain bread prices and 66 million dinars to support animal feed prices and facilitate supplies for livestock producers, all in an effort to ensure food security stability across the kingdom.
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