FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - LESOTHO (3 September)
Production of cereals in 1998 is put at 105 000 tonnes, including 67 000 tonnes of maize and 28 000 tonnes of sorghum. This is 34 percent lower than last year's crop, and markedly below average, reflecting erratic and poorly distributed rains during the growing season. As a result, cereal imports will have to remain at the same high level of last year when over 200 000 tonnes of cereals were imported, mostly on commercial terms. Food aid pledges at the end of August amounted to 6 200 tonnes, all delivered.
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