FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (3

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (3 September)

Reflecting abundant and widespread rains in July and August, crops are generally developing satisfactorily. Following an above-average cereal harvest in 1997, the food supply situation is satisfactory. Refugees from Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Chad reside in the Central African Republic.

For the 1998 marketing year (January/December), the cereal import requirement is estimated at about 40 000 tonnes, mainly wheat.

 

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