FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - THE GAMBIA (15 September)

THE GAMBIA (15 September)

Following below-normal rains in July, precipitation was generally adequate in August. Due to a long dry spell in July/August last year, the 1997 aggregate cereal output was well below the 1996 output and substantially below average. In late April 1998, the Government launched an appeal for international assistance amounting to 9 325 tonnes of cereals.

A joint FAO/CILSS Crop Assessment Mission is scheduled in mid- October to estimate 1998 crop production.

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