SANA relays ministry figures for Syria’s yellow-maize harvest

SANA relays Agriculture Ministry figures putting this year’s yellow-maize output at 475,232 tonnes, compared with 332,573 last year. These are official production figures; independent harvest checks, market availability and food-security outcomes are not established.

By Editorial Team · Published 5 Nov 2026 08:25 UTC · Updated 5 Nov 2026 08:25 UTC

Source published: 5 Nov 2026 07:27 UTC

Urgency: Context · Evidence: Attributed claim

What the sources establish

The Agriculture Ministry is the claimant; SANA quotes plant-production director Maher al-Daj. No separately produced harvest dataset or independent audit was inspected. SANA’s headline gives a 42% increase, but that percentage does not exactly match the listed totals; no percentage change is adopted here. Planned production and acreage targets are not treated as completed output. event_time uses the November 5 report’s UTC publication minute, not a harvest time.

Evidence last checked: 5 Nov 2026 08:25 UTC.

5 Nov 2026 08:25 UTC — Added an attributed report with publication-minute dating and a representative marker; evidence limitations retained.

Sources

Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) State news agency
State news agency relaying Agriculture Ministry production figures attributed to plant-production director Maher al-Daj; official statistical claim, not an independent harvest audit.

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