Australian farmers pressured by South-east Asia's wheat demands
Supplies already curbed by dry weather, limits on amount of arable land
Singapore
WHEAT farmers in Australia, the world's fourth-biggest shipper, will face an increasing challenge keeping up with their neighbours' appetite for bread and noodles.
Demand from Indonesia, the Philippines and three other South-east Asian nations is set to jump 40 per cent to 13.2 million tonnes by 2020, said Greg Harvey, CEO of Interflour Group Pte. That may outpace the ability of Australia to supply the variety used in soft bread and noodles, he said in an interview in Singapore.
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