FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 02/99 - NIGERIA (8 February)
The official estimate of cereal output in 1998 is put at 22.8 million tonnes, about 4 percent above the 1997 level, due to the favourable growing conditions. Production of roots and tubers, mainly cassava and yams, is estimated at 62 million tonnes, which is well above average.
Food supply is constrained by high levels of post-harvest losses and high distribution costs but is satisfactory. The cereal import requirement for 1999 is estimated at 1 250 000 tonnes, including 1.05 million tonnes of wheat and 150 000 tonnes of rice.
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