FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops and Shortages  - 11/02 - TURKMENISTAN (4 November)

TURKMENISTAN (4 November)

Cereal harvest this year is officially estimated at an unprecedented 2.3 million tonnes, which is some 1.1 million tonnes higher than the average harvest of the past six years. Cereal harvest in 2002 includes about 2.19 million tonnes of wheat, 60 000 tonnes of barley and 25 000 tonnes of maize. Cereal utilisation totals about 1.9 million tonnes.