Where has all the flour [grain] gone?
It seems somebody has been telling porkpies to President Turkmenbashi. Despite an official announcement during the 16th Session of the Khalk Maslahaty from Muratberdy Sopiev, the chairman of the Farmers’ Union, that bread shortage would never be a problem again in Turkmenistan, due to the record grain harvest, reports on the ground by a RFE/RL correspondent are suggesting otherwise. Sopiev stated that:
“The celebration table is covered withbread. Most importantly, bread is available at affordable prices and various products from flour are offered to the public in a wide variety. Shortages of bread are a thing of the past.”
However, according to RFE/RL, despite the official figure of a 3-million ton harvest in grain, there is a significant shortage of flour which as a consequence is pushing its price up. According to RFE/RL:
“In the cities and villages the situation is getting more complicated daily,” Aman Dauletov, an RFE/RL correspondent in Turkmenistan, said about the flour situation in south-eastern Mary and Lebap, the top two grain-producing provinces. “The rise in the price of flour is worrying the people and worse, one can’t get flour for money and this is frightening the people. In cities and villages people can’t find anyone selling flour.”
One of the problems, it seems, is one consistent with state led economies, that of false reporting. Officials are hiking up the reports of grain collection to boost figures and curry favour with the president. This has led to the discrepancy between official figures and the reality on the ground. Also, to try and further boost the harvest, even poor quality grain is being counted. This type of grain is normally used only for animal feed and therefore has a direct consequence of not making consumable grain available for the population and hence, the shortage of flour.
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