FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (3
Harvesting of spring grains is nearing completion. Progress was slow, hampered by cold weather and showers. Planted area was 5 percent down on the 1997 level, but well above the average for the previous six years. Excessive rains affected yields earlier in the season and fertiliser and pesticide imports fell short of requirements. The 1998 cereal harvest is currently put at 1.64 million tonnes, some 24 percent up on the average for the previous five years, but below the bumper crop of 1.72 million tonnes in 1997. For the 1998/99 marketing year (July/June) some 17 600 tonnes of cereal food aid imports are expected and cereal exports are forecast to reach 150 000 tonnes.
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