Production of Staple Products Sample Clauses

Production of Staple Products in general, production of “staples” has held up fairly well over the These are subsistence items and can continue to be raised for immediate household use or for local sale through the small kiosks and bazaar markets that are seen all over the country. The biggest declines in staples have occurred in cereals, reflecting the deterioration in harvesting equipment and the lack of fertilizer, and in meat and eggs, reflecting deterioration in feed quality. Because bread is an absolute essential, the decline in cereals production has made wheat and flour now Azerbaijan’s largest single import, as seen in a previous table. Some poultry is also being imported, but it is likely that meat consumption per capita has declined over the decade with the reduction in domestic production.