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

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (3 September)

Widespread rainfall in late August provided useful soil moisture for the upcoming planting of winter cereals. Food production, notably output of milk, eggs, maize, potatoes and vegetables, has been increasing steadily in the aftermath of the war. In 1997/98 the area sown to winter grains (wheat) declined. In BiH, only 43 000 hectares, or 74 percent of the target area was sown to winter crops. In the Republika Srpska the area sown also fell. Information on crop production is lacking and/or unreliable. Cereal production for 1998 is probably in the region of 1 million tonnes.

The cereal import requirement for 1998/99 is provisionally estimated at around 275 000 tonnes.

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