FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - ROMANIA (3 September)
The arrival of some rainfall in western parts of the country in late August brought some relief to immature summer crops. However a heat wave through most of July and August has already seriously affected the majority of the country's maize and sunflower crops. The final outcome of the 1998 maize crop is still uncertain but production is expected to be well below the previous year’s good level. The winter wheat crop was less affected by the summer drought, but plantings were already reduced by adverse weather last autumn. Output of wheat is now forecast to fall significantly in 1998, to 5 million tonnes, well below the average of the past five years
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