FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 04/00 - YEMEN (27 March)
Winter season plantings continue under generally normal weather. The area sown to grain crops to be harvested later in the year is reported to be average. The aggregate cereal production in 1999 is estimated at 635 000 tonnes, some 23 percent lower than the previous year, due to reduced planted area.
Small scale breeding of desert locust may be in progress in few places along the Red Sea coastal plains.
The import requirement of cereals in 2000, mainly wheat, is forecast at some 2.7 million tonnes, an increase of about 25 percent compared with the previous year.