FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - ARMENIA (3 September)
For 1998 crops, the area planted to cereals increased marginally, to 203 000 hectares. With above normal yields, the cereal harvest is estimated at 345 000 metric tonnes, some 20 percent above the average of the previous 5 years.
The country imported some 367 000 tonnes of cereals in 1997/98, of which 156 000 tonnes were food aid. In view of the good crop it is likely that total cereal imports in the 1998/99 marketing year will be in the region of 350 000 tonnes. The country is reported to have become almost self sufficient in potato and vegetable production. Although the national food supply situation is relatively stable, much of the population is dependent on welfare support.
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