FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - YEMEN (6 November)
The output of the main sorghum crop, now being harvested, is forecast at 380 000 tonnes, some 8 percent lower than the average for the previous five years. Conditions are favourable for breeding of desert locust in Jizan and the Red Sea Coastal Plains where moderate rains were observed during October.