FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - AZERBAIJAN (3 September)

AZERBAIJAN (3 September)

The spring grains harvest, though behind schedule, is nearing completion. The preliminary estimates of 1998 cereal production point to a crop of 1.14 million tonnes, six percent above the 1993-1997 average, but slightly lower than last year’s output. The area planted to winter barley fell to 38 percent of the average, and although wheat area increased, there was a decline in total area of 5 percent. However, the fall in area was more than compensated for by higher than average yields.

A total of 435 000 tonnes of cereal import were recorded in the 1997/98 marketing year (July/June), of which 56 000 tonnes were food aid. A moderate rise, to 445 000 tonnes is expected in 1998/99.

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