FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - GUINEA (3 September)
Following widespread and abundant rainfall, the main cereal crops are maturing and overall prospects for the 1998 harvest are favourable. However, satellite images show below-normal vegetation in Fouta Djallon and Boké areas where reduced rains in July could have affected rice and maize production.
Latest estimates put the total number of Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea at 614 000, of whom about 414 000 are Sierra Leoneans and 200 000 Liberians. Heavy rains in late August severely disrupted the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The cereal import requirement for 1998 is estimated at 410 000 tonnes, mostly wheat and rice.
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