TUNISIA’S DAIRY INDUSTRY URGES GOVERNMENT TO ACT TO AVOID REPEAT OF 2018 DAIRY CRISIS
February 1st, 2019
A SHORTAGE of dairy products is not an experience that consumers in middle-income and wealthy countries are accustomed to – but in autumn 2018, that is what happened in Tunisia, when shop shelves emptied of milk, which was made subject to rationing.
This is a serious state of affairs in Tunisia, where the country’s ubiquitous and popular cafés struggled to serve customers their beloved ‘café direct’ (coffee with milk) or ‘capucin’ (espresso with a little milk). All consumers were alarmed to be limited to two packets (1 litre each) of semi-skimmed ...
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