Algeria Reaches Self-Sufficiency in Most Food Products
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Algeria now makes most of its own food products.
The country does not need to buy them from other countries anymore.
This is called self-sufficiency.
A new factory made the first local bread yeast.
Yeast helps bread grow and become soft.
Before, Algeria bought yeast from other countries.
Now, this yeast is sold in Algerian shops.
The goal is to save 100 million dollars.
This money will not go to imports anymore.
An official named Rezig spoke about this plan.
He said exporting is a choice for the country.
He said it is a chance to sell Algerian products around the world.
Algeria wants other countries to buy its food products.
This can help the country make more money.
The food industry is growing fast in Algeria.
Vocabulary15 words
- self-sufficiency
- making everything you need without help from others
- yeast
- a small living thing used to make bread soft
- imports
- things a country buys from other countries
- exporting
- selling things to other countries
- factory
- a big building where things are made
- official
- a person who works for the government
- goal
- something you want to do or reach
- local
- from your own country or area
- industry
- all the companies that make one kind of product
- market
- a place where people buy and sell things
- product
- something that is made to be sold
- chance
- a good moment to do something
- save
- to keep something instead of spending or losing it
- plan
- an idea about what to do next
- grow
- to become bigger or more
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1. Self-sufficiency 2. Local bread yeast 3. True
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Algeria now makes most of its own _____ products.
The country does not need to _____ them from other countries anymore.
This is called _____.
A new factory made the first local bread _____.
Yeast helps bread grow and become _____.
Before, Algeria bought yeast from other _____.
The goal is to save 100 million _____.
This money will not go to _____ anymore.
He said _____ is a choice for the country.
He said it is a _____ to sell Algerian products around the world.
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